பரியாசக்காரன் ஞானத்தைத் தேடியும் கண்டுபிடியான்; புத்தியுள்ளவனுக்கோ அறிவு லேசாய் வரும்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and `findeth it’ not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.
World English Bible (WEB)
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is’ easy.
Cross Reference
Psalm 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
1 Corinthians 8:2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Romans 9:31
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Psalm 119:98
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 8:9
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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