Proverbs 14:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
Webster's Revision
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understandeth.
World English Bible
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
Clarke's Proverbs 14:6 Bible Commentary
A scorner seeketh wisdom - I believe the scorner means, in this book, the man that despises the counsel of God; the infidel. Such may seek wisdom; but he never can find it, because he does not seek it where it is to be found; neither in the teaching of God's Spirit, nor in the revelation of his will.
Barnes's Proverbs 14:6 Bible Commentary
Findeth it not - literally, there is none. The successful pursuit of wisdom presupposes at least earnestness and reverence. The scoffer shuts himself out from the capacity of recognizing truth.
Wesley's Proverbs 14:6 Bible Commentary
14:6 Findeth it not - Because he doth not seek it aright. That understandeth - That is honest and pious.