Proverbs 30:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.

New Living Translation
I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense.

English Standard Version
Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man.

Berean Study Bible
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

New American Standard Bible
I am certainly more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man;

NASB 1995
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man.

NASB 1977
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man.

Amplified Bible
Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].

Christian Standard Bible
I am more stupid than any other person, and I lack a human’s ability to understand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am more stupid than any other man, and I lack man's ability to understand.

Contemporary English Version
I am far too stupid to be considered human.

Good News Translation
I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I'm more [like] a dumb animal than a human being. I don't [even] have human understanding.

International Standard Version
Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do.

NET Bible
Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

New King James Version
Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man.

King James 2000 Bible
Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

New Heart English Bible
"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and do not have a man's understanding.

World English Bible
"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

American King James Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

American Standard Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

A Faithful Version
"Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

Darby Bible Translation
Truly I am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.

English Revised Version
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man:

Webster's Bible Translation
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Surely I am more foolish then any man, and haue not the vnderstanding of a man in me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For though I am ye leest of all, & haue no mas vnderstodige
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For I am more brutish than anyone, "" And do not have the understanding of a man.

Young's Literal Translation
For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

Smith's Literal Translation
For I am brutish more than man, and not the understanding of a man to me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
“I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because my thoughts are deficient and I do not have the understanding of the children of men,

Lamsa Bible
Surely, I am weak minded, and have not the understanding of men.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, And have not the understanding of a man;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
















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