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| ESV |
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
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| NIV |
The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.
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| NLT |
Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others.
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| LXX |
ὁδοὶ ἀφρόνων ὀρθαὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) εἰσακούει δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. συμβουλίας σοφός |
| KJV |
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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Proverbs 12:14 ← Proverbs 12:15 → Proverbs 12:16
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