Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A perverse mind causes grief, but a man of experience knows how to pay such a one back.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.
Good News Translation®
If property is not fenced in, thieves will wander in and help themselves. And if a man has no wife, he is a sighing wanderer;
Wycliffe Bible
Where an hedge is not, the possession shall be ravished away [or broken]; and where a woman is not, a needy man waileth.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Where there is no fence, the property will be plundered; and where there is no wife, a man will wander about and sigh.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.
Common English Bible © 2011
A perverse heart will cause grief, but an experienced person will know how to give payback.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
One with a tortuous heart brings about grief, but an experienced person can turn the tables on him.
Revised Standard Version
Where there is no fence, the property will be plundered; and where there is no wife, a man will wander about and sigh.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.