When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before You.

A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.

And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of [the grass] being parched. Come here, you woman that comes from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them shall have no pity upon them, and He that formed them shall have no mercy [upon them].

Hearken, I pray, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? The runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing.

How will you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.

[This translation omits this verse.]

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks God.

They had not sense to understand; let them reserve these things against the time to come.

So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and have become subject to reproofs.

O you simple, understand prudence, and you that are untaught, take in knowledge.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.