Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Through one wise man an entire city can be populated, but a tribe of lawless people can bring about its destruction.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For through one intelligent person a city can be filled with people, but through a clan of outlaws it becomes desolate.
Good News Translation®
A city's population may grow because of the wisdom of one person, while a whole tribe of lawless people disappears.
Wycliffe Bible
A country shall be inhabited of (or by) one witty man; and it shall be made (a) desert of (or by) three wicked men. [Of one well feeling man shall be inhabited the city; and of three unpious it shall be forsaken.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For through one man of understanding a city will be filled with people, but through a tribe of lawless men it will be made desolate.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
For through one intelligent person a city can be filled with people, but through a clan of outlaws it becomes desolate.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
For through one intelligent person a city can be filled with people, but through a clan of outlaws it becomes desolate.
Common English Bible © 2011
A city will be populated through one intelligent person, but a tribe of lawless people can transform it into a desert.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Through one wise person a city can be peopled; but through a clan of rebels it becomes desolate.
Revised Standard Version
For through one man of understanding a city will be filled with people, but through a tribe of lawless men it will be made desolate.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
For through one intelligent person a city can be filled with people, but through a clan of outlaws it becomes desolate.