Proverbs 17:16

NIV: Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?

NAS: Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense?

KJV: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

GWT: Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he doesn't have a mind to grasp anything?

ASV: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

BBE: How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

DBY: To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

DRB: What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.

WBS: Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

WEB: Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

YLT: Why is this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?