Proverbs 14:6
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1245 [e]בִּקֶּשׁ־
biq-qeš-
SeeksV-Piel-Perf-3ms
3887 [e]לֵ֣ץ
lêṣ
a scofferV-Qal-Prtcpl-ms
2451 [e]חָכְמָ֣ה
ḥāḵ-māh
wisdomN-fs
369 [e]וָאָ֑יִן
wā-’ā-yin;
and does not [find it]Conj-w | Adv
1847 [e]וְדַ֖עַת
wə-ḏa-‘aṯ
but knowledgeConj-w | N-fs
995 [e]לְנָב֣וֹן
lə-nā-ḇō-wn
to him who understandsPrep-l | V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms
7043 [e]נָקָֽל׃
nā-qāl.
[is] easyV-Nifal-Perf-3ms





















Hebrew Texts
משלי 14:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָבֹ֣ון נָקָֽל׃

משלי 14:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
בקש־לץ חכמה ואין ודעת לנבון נקל׃

משלי 14:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
בקש־לץ חכמה ואין ודעת לנבון נקל׃

משלי 14:6 Hebrew Bible
בקש לץ חכמה ואין ודעת לנבון נקל׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

King James Bible
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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