Proverbs 17:16
KJV:
Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
BSB:
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Hebrew:
לָמָּה־ זֶּ֣ה מְחִ֣יר בְּיַד־ כְּסִ֑יל לִקְנ֖וֹת חָכְמָ֣ה וְלֶב־ אָֽיִן׃
Topics:
BLINDNESS
LXX:
Greek Text

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Translation Hebrew/Aramaic Transliteration [morphology] Texts
<to> why? לָ‏‏מָּה‏‏־ la.HR mah-HPi L
this זֶּ֣ה zehHTm L
[is] a price מְחִ֣יר me.ChirHNcmsa L
in [the] hand of בְּ‏‏יַד‏‏־ be.HR yad-HNcbsc L
a fool כְּסִ֑יל ke.SilHAamsa L
to acquire לִ‏‏קְנ֖וֹת liHR k.NotHVqcc L
wisdom חָכְמָ֣ה chokh.mahHNcfsa L
and [is] heart וְ‏‏לֶב‏‏־ ve.HC lev-HNcmsc L
there not אָֽיִן‏‏׃ 'A.yinHNcmsa L

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