A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
A mocker searches for wisdom and gets none, but knowledge comes quickly to the intelligent.
A mocker seeks wisdom and does not find it. The doctrine of the prudent is accessible.