Other translations
New Catholic Bible
You might as well talk to someone who is sound asleep as to a fool, for when you have finished, the fool will say, “What was that?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
Wycliffe Bible
(This verse is omitted in the original text.)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man, and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, ‘What is it?’
Common English Bible © 2011
Whoever talks with a fool converses with someone who is drowsy; when the conversation is over, the fool will say, “What is it?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Whoever talks with a fool talks to someone asleep; when it is over, he says, “What was that?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, ‘What is it?’