Matthew Henry · Verse 12
We see many a one who has some little sense, but is proud of it. This describes those who think their spiritual state to be good, when really it is very bad.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
BSB
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
KJV
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
ASV
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
BBE
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
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