Proverbs 1:22
King James Version
22 How long,
ye simple ones,
will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge?
I love using King James Version of the Bible.
But I knew there was something more to the phrase, "simple ones".
And "simplicity".
True enough, other Bible versions confirmed it.
Proverbs 1:22
Amplified Bible
22
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
22 How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Christian Standard Bible
22 “How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Common English Bible
22 “How long will you clueless people love your naïveté,
mockers hold their mocking dear,
and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Complete Jewish Bible
22 “How long, you whose lives have no purpose,
will you love thoughtless living?
How long will scorners find pleasure in mocking?
How long will fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Contemporary English Version
22 “How much longer
will you enjoy
being stupid fools?
Won't you ever stop sneering
and laughing at knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Darby Translation
22 How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
22 O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Easy-to-Read Version
22 “Fools, how long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Expanded Bible
22 “You ·fools [simpletons; immature ones], how long will you be ·foolish [immature]?
How long will you make ·fun of wisdom [mocking so dear to you]
and hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
1599 Geneva Bible
22 O ye [a]foolish, how long will ye love foolishness? and the scornful take their pleasure in scorning? and the fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
GOD’S WORD Translation
22 “How long will you gullible people love being so gullible?
How long will you mockers find joy in your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
Good News Translation
22 “Foolish people! How long do you want to be foolish? How long will you enjoy making fun of knowledge? Will you never learn?
Proverbs 1:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 “How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
International Standard Version
22 “You naïve ones, how long will you love naiveté?
And how long will scoffers delight in scoffing
or fools hate knowledge?”
Proverbs 1:22
Living Bible
22 “You simpletons!” she cries. “How long will you go on being fools? How long will you scoff at wisdom and fight the facts?
Proverbs 1:22
The Message
“Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance?
Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism?
Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?
Proverbs 1:22
New American Standard Bible
22 “How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking?
And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New American Standard Bible 1995
22 “How long, O [a]naive ones, will you love [b]being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New Catholic Bible
22 “How long will you simple people continue to be fools?
How long will you mockers[a] delight in your mocking?
How long will you fools continue to hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New International Reader's Version
22 “How long will you childish people love your childish ways?
How long will you rude people enjoy making fun of God and others?
How long will you foolish people hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New International Version
22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?
How long will mockers delight in mockery
and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New Life Version
22 “O foolish ones, how long will you love being foolish? How long will those who laugh at others be happy in their laughing? How long will fools hate much learning?
Proverbs 1:22
New Living Translation
22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Mishle 1:22
Orthodox Jewish Bible
22 Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? And the scoffers delight in their mockery, and kesilim (fools) hate da’as?
Proverbs 1:22
The Voice
22 Lady Wisdom: You simple, naive people, how long will you love your feeble ways?
You simpletons, how long will you enjoy making fun of what you don’t understand?
You fools, how long will you hate learning what truly matters?
Proverbs 1:22
Wycliffe Bible
22 How long, little men in wit, love young childhood, and fools shall covet those things, that be harmful to themselves, and unprudent men shall hate knowing? (How long, ye of little wit, or of low intelligence, shall ye love foolishness, and shall fools desire those things that be harmful to themselves, and shall the imprudent hate knowledge, or understanding?)
In SUMMARY, "simple ones" mean:
naive ones [you who are easily misled]
simple ones [open to evil]
inexperienced ones
clueless people
whose lives have no purpose
stupid fools
children
Fools
fools [simpletons; immature ones]
foolish
gullible people
Foolish people
foolish ones
naïve ones
simpletons
simple people
childish people
who are simple
simple, naive people
little men in wit
In SUMMARY, "simplicity" means":
simple-minded and undiscerning
being simple
ignorance
naïveté
thoughtless living
stupid fools
simpleness
childishness
being ignorant
foolish [immature]
foolishness
gullible
foolish
being fools
simplistic thinking
being simple-minded
fools
childish ways
simple ways
simpleminded
simpletons
feeble ways
young childhood
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