2 Timothy 2:23 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife and breed quarrels.

American Standard Version (1901)

But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

Common English Bible

Avoid foolish and thoughtless discussions, since you know that they produce conflicts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But avoid foolish and undisciplined questions, for you know that these produce strife.