Proverbs 1:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 [a]“How long, you naive ones, will you love naivete,
Footnotes
- 1:22–23 There is textual confusion. Verse 22bc (in the third person) is an addition, interrupting vv. 22a and 23a (in the second person). The addition has been put in brackets, to separate it from the original poem. The original verses do not ask for a change of heart but begin to detail the consequences of disobedience to Wisdom.
Proverbs 1:22
New International Version
Proverbs 8:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 You naive ones, gain prudence,
you fools,[a] gain sense.
Proverbs 8:5
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds
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