Proverbs 17:16 - American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom–when he has no understanding or heart for it?

Common English Bible

Why should a fool have money to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.

Catholic Public Domain Version

What does it profit the foolish to have riches, when he is not able to buy wisdom? Whoever makes his house high seeks ruin. And whoever shuns learning shall fall into evils.