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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כל-ערום יעשה בדעת וכסיל יפרש אולת
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
kl-`rvm y`SHh bd`t vksyl yprSH Avlt

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
astutus omnia agit cum consilio qui autem fatuus est aperit stultitiam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
New King James Version   
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.
21st Century King James Version   
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, but a fool layeth open his folly.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Everything that a wise one does is in knowledge, and a fool speaks emptiness.
Darby Bible Translation   
Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open his folly.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge: but a fool spreadeth out folly.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
God's Word   
Any sensible person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays stupidity.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Every sensible person acts knowledgeably, but a fool displays his stupidity.
International Standard Version   
Every sensible person acts from knowledge, but a fool demonstrates folly.
NET Bible   
Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
New American Standard Bible   
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool displays folly.
New International Version   
All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
New Living Translation   
Wise people think before they act; fools don't--and even brag about their foolishness.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
The World English Bible   
Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Careful people need to understand what they are doing. But a fool quickly shows how foolish he is.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.
New Life Version   
Every wise man acts with much learning, but a fool makes his foolish way known.
The Voice Bible   
A clever person acquires knowledge and then acts on it; but a fool advertises his folly for all to see.
Living Bible   
A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t and even brags about it!
New Catholic Bible   
Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool proudly parades his folly.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool spreads out folly.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Every sane man works according to wisdom: but the fool shall manifest his folly.
Christian Standard Bible   
Every sensible person acts knowledgeably, but a fool displays his stupidity.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly.
New Century Version   
Every wise person acts with good sense, but fools show how foolish they are.
The Message   
A commonsense person lives good sense; fools litter the country with silliness.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Every sensible person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays stupidity.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
Good News Translation®   
Sensible people always think before they act, but stupid people advertise their ignorance.
Wycliffe Bible   
A fell man doeth all things with counsel; but he that is a fool, shall open folly. (A clever person doeth everything with forethought, or only after advice; but he who is a fool, shall lay open his foolishness for all to see.)
Contemporary English Version   
If you have good sense, you will act sensibly, but fools act like fools.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The prudent all act intelligently, but fools display their stupidity.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Every prudent and self-disciplined man acts with knowledge, But a [closed-minded] fool [who refuses to learn] displays his foolishness [for all to see].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The shrewd always act prudently but the foolish parade folly.
New American Standard Bible   
Every prudent person acts with knowledge, But a fool displays foolishness.
The Expanded Bible   
Every ·wise [prudent] person acts ·with good sense [knowledgeably], but fools ·show how foolish they are [display stupidity].
Tree of Life Version   
Everyone shrewd acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.
Revised Standard Version   
In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
New International Reader's Version   
Wise people act with knowledge. But foolish people show how foolish they are.
BRG Bible   
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Every cautious person acts with knowledge, but a fool parades his folly.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Every prudent man acts with da’as, but a kesil (fool) displays his folly.
Names of God Bible   
Any sensible person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays stupidity.
Modern English Version   
Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Wise people always think before they do anything, but fools show how stupid they are by what they do.
International Children’s Bible   
Every wise person acts with good sense. But a foolish person shows how foolish he is.
Lexham English Bible   
Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.
New International Version - UK   
All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.