The Meaning of Proverbs 14:7 Explained

Proverbs 14:7

KJV: Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

YLT: Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

Darby: Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.

ASV: Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Go  from the presence  of a foolish  man,  when thou perceivest  not [in him] the lips  of knowledge. 

What does Proverbs 14:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:7 mean?

Go from the presence of a man foolish and when not you do perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge
לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭נֶּגֶד לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּבַל־ יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־ דָֽעַת

לֵ֣ךְ  Go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מִ֭נֶּגֶד  from  the  presence 
Parse: Preposition-m
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
לְאִ֣ישׁ  of  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
כְּסִ֑יל  foolish 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
וּבַל־  and  when  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: בַּל 
Sense: not, hardly, else.
יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ  you  do  perceive  [in  him] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
שִׂפְתֵי־  the  lips 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
דָֽעַת  of  knowledge 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּעַת 
Sense: knowledge.