Proverbs 14:6

The scorner ¹  seeks wisdom but finds none, ²  but understanding is easy ³  for a discerning person.

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Cynics look high and low for wisdom--and never find it; the open-minded find it right on their doorstep!

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for one who understands.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it , But knowledge is easy to him who understands.

The scorner ¹  seeks wisdom but finds none, ²  but understanding is easy ³  for a discerning person.

¹ sn The “scorner” (לֵץ, lets) is intellectually arrogant; he lacks any serious interest in knowledge or religion. He pursues wisdom in a superficial way so that he can appear wise. The acquisition of wisdom is conditioned by one’s attitude toward it (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 149).

² tn Heb “and there is not.”

³ sn The Niphal of קָלַל (qalal) means “to appear light; to appear trifling; to appear easy.”