Proverbs 15:21
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
200 [e]אִ֭וֶּלֶת
’iw-we-leṯ
Folly [is]N-fs
8057 [e]שִׂמְחָ֣ה
śim-ḥāh
joyN-fs
2638 [e]לַחֲסַר־
la-ḥă-sar-
[to [him who is] lackingPrep-l, Art | Adj-msc
3820 [e]לֵ֑ב
lêḇ;
discernmentN-ms
376 [e]וְאִ֥ישׁ
wə-’îš
but a manConj-w | N-msc
8394 [e]תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה
tə-ḇū-nāh,
of understandingN-fs
3474 [e]יְיַשֶׁר־
yə-yaš-šer-
uprightlyV-Piel-Imperf-3ms
1980 [e]לָֽכֶת׃‪‬‪‬
lā-ḵeṯ.
walksV-Qal-Inf





















Hebrew Texts
משלי 15:21 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַחֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶּׁר־לָֽכֶת׃

משלי 15:21 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
אולת שמחה לחסר־לב ואיש תבונה יישר־לכת׃

משלי 15:21 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
אולת שמחה לחסר־לב ואיש תבונה יישר־לכת׃

משלי 15:21 Hebrew Bible
אולת שמחה לחסר לב ואיש תבונה יישר לכת׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight.

King James Bible
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Foolishness brings joy to one without sense, but a man with understanding walks a straight path.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

joy

Proverbs 10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Proverbs 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

Proverbs 26:18,19 As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death…

destitute of wisdom

Proverbs 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding …

a man

Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

Job 28:28 And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; …

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding …

Ephesians 5:15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show …

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