6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.


In Context

3 For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

4 For giving to simple ones — prudence, To a youth — knowledge and discretion.

5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

7 Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

8 Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Proverbs 1:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:6for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.