Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Your own conscience will sometimes give you a more accurate warning than seven watchmen stationed on a high tower.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For our own mind sometimes keeps us better informed than seven sentinels sitting high on a watchtower.
Good News Translation®
Sometimes your own intuition can tell you more than seven watchmen on a high tower.
Wycliffe Bible
The soul of an holy man telleth out truths sometime; more than seven beholders [or seven lookers about] sitting on high for to behold.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For a man’s soul sometimes keeps him better informed than seven watchmen sitting high on a watchtower.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
For our own mind sometimes keeps us better informed than seven sentinels sitting high on a watchtower.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
For our own mind sometimes keeps us better informed than seven sentinels sitting high on a watch-tower.
Common English Bible © 2011
At times a person’s intuition keeps them informed better than seven sentries sitting high up on a lookout.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The heart can reveal your situation better than seven sentinels on a tower.
Revised Standard Version
For a man’s soul sometimes keeps him better informed than seven watchmen sitting high on a watchtower.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
For our own mind sometimes keeps us better informed than seven sentinels sitting high on a watch-tower.