16"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.


In Context

13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.

16 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Proverbs 9:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:16He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16|Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.| as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:16Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart — she said to him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,