Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A boor peers into a house through the doorway, but a cultured man remains outside.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated person remains outside.
Good News Translation®
A stupid person will peep into someone's house through the door and then march right in, but someone with experience and good manners will have enough respect to wait outside.
Wycliffe Bible
A fool beholdeth from the window into the house; but a learned man shall stand withoutforth.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated person remains outside.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated person remains outside.
Common English Bible © 2011
The senseless peer into a house through the door, but the educated will stand outside.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A boor peeps through the doorway of a house, but the educated stay outside.
Revised Standard Version
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated person remains outside.