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Vulgate (Latin)   
et est qui emittit verbum certum enarrans veritatem est qui nequiter humiliat se et interiora eius plena sunt dolo

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
There is a cleverness that is foul; however, he who does not have wisdom is a fool.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There is a cleverness that is detestable, and there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
Good News Translation®   
It is possible to use cleverness for wicked purposes, but some people act like fools because they don't know any better.
Wycliffe Bible   
There is wickedness of prudence, and cursedness is therein; and there is an unwise man, which is made little in wisdom. [There is shrewdness (or depravity) of prudence, and in it cursing; and there is an unwise man, that is less(en)ed in wisdom.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
There is a cleverness that is detestable, and there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
There is a cleverness that is detestable, and there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
Common English Bible © 2011   
There is a kind of cleverness that is detestable, and there is a senseless person who lacks wisdom.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
There is a shrewdness that is detestable, while the fool may be free from sin.
Revised Standard Version   
There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
There is a cleverness that is detestable, and there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.