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- Christian Standard Bible - If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen its edge, then one must exert more strength; however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.
- 新标点和合本 - 铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费气力； 但得智慧指教，便有益处。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费力气； 但智慧的益处在于使人成功。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费力气； 但智慧的益处在于使人成功。
- 当代译本 - 斧头钝了若不磨利， 用起来必多费力气， 但智慧能助人成功。
- 圣经新译本 - 斧头若钝了，还不把斧刃磨快，就必多费力气；智慧的好处在于助人成功。
- 中文标准译本 - 铁器钝了，如果不把刃磨利， 用起来就多费力气； 而智慧无往不利，带来成功。
- 现代标点和合本 - 铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费气力， 但得智慧指教便有益处。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费气力， 但得智慧指教，便有益处。
- New International Version - If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.
- New International Reader's Version - Suppose the blade of an ax is dull. And its edge hasn’t been sharpened. Then more effort is needed to use it. But skill will bring success.
- English Standard Version - If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.
- New Living Translation - Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed.
- The Message - Remember: The duller the ax the harder the work; Use your head: The more brains, the less muscle.
- New American Standard Bible - If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of bringing success.
- New King James Version - If the ax is dull, And one does not sharpen the edge, Then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success.
- Amplified Bible - If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength; but wisdom [to sharpen the axe] helps him succeed [with less effort].
- American Standard Version - If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- King James Version - If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- New English Translation - If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
- World English Bible - If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
- 新標點和合本 - 鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費氣力； 但得智慧指教，便有益處。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費力氣； 但智慧的益處在於使人成功。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費力氣； 但智慧的益處在於使人成功。
- 當代譯本 - 斧頭鈍了若不磨利， 用起來必多費力氣， 但智慧能助人成功。
- 聖經新譯本 - 斧頭若鈍了，還不把斧刃磨快，就必多費力氣；智慧的好處在於助人成功。
- 呂振中譯本 - 鐵器若鈍了，人又不將刀刃磨快， 那麼他就得多費力氣； 但智慧的長處是能給人成功。
- 中文標準譯本 - 鐵器鈍了，如果不把刃磨利， 用起來就多費力氣； 而智慧無往不利，帶來成功。
- 現代標點和合本 - 鐵器鈍了，若不將刃磨快，就必多費氣力， 但得智慧指教便有益處。
- 文理和合譯本 - 斧鈍不礪其鋒、則費力尤多、惟智慧使人獲益、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 斧斤己鈍、不加磨礪、則斬伐必費其力、智者知所當為。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 斧刃已鈍、若不磨礪、斬伐必致費力、有智慧者知當務之為急、 有智慧者知當務之為急或作有智慧者知如何治之
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Si el hacha pierde su filo, y no se vuelve a afilar, hay que golpear con más fuerza. El éxito radica en la acción sabia y bien ejecutada.
- 현대인의 성경 - 도끼를 갈지 않아 날이 무디면 그만큼 힘이 더 든다. 그러므로 도끼 날을 가는 것이 지혜로운 방법이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Если топор тупой, и лезвие его не отточено, то нужно будет прилагать большое усилие, а мудрость бы все предусмотрела.
- Восточный перевод - Если топор тупой, и лезвие его не отточено, то нужно будет прилагать большое усилие, а мудрость бы всё предусмотрела.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Если топор тупой, и лезвие его не отточено, то нужно будет прилагать большое усилие, а мудрость бы всё предусмотрела.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Если топор тупой, и лезвие его не отточено, то нужно будет прилагать большое усилие, а мудрость бы всё предусмотрела.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Si le fer de la hache est émoussé et qu’on n’en aiguise pas le tranchant, il faudra redoubler de force, mais la sagesse a l’avantage d’assurer la réussite.
- リビングバイブル - 斧の切れ味が悪くなると、余計な力がいる。 そんなときには刃を研ぐことだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Se o machado está cego e sua lâmina não foi afiada, é preciso golpear com mais força; agir com sabedoria assegura o sucesso.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wenn die Axt stumpf geworden ist, weil ihr Benutzer sie nicht geschliffen hat, muss er sich doppelt anstrengen. Der Kluge hält sein Werkzeug in Ordnung.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Dùng một cái rìu cùn sẽ phí nhiều sức, vậy phải mài lưỡi rìu trước. Đó là giá trị của sự khôn ngoan; nó sẽ giúp cho sự thành công.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - หากขวานทื่อ และไม่ได้ลับให้คม เวลาใช้ก็ต้องออกแรงมากขึ้น แต่ความเชี่ยวชาญจะนำความสำเร็จมาให้
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ถ้าหากเครื่องมือเหล็กทื่อ และเขาไม่ลับให้คม เขาก็ต้องใช้แรงมากขึ้น แต่สติปัญญาช่วยให้สำเร็จผลได้
交叉引用
- Matthew 10:16 - “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32 - From the Issacharites, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their relatives under their command.
- 1 Corinthians 14:20 - Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
- Acts 6:1 - In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.
- Acts 6:2 - The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.
- Acts 6:3 - Brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.
- Acts 6:4 - But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
- Acts 6:5 - This proposal pleased the whole company. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a convert from Antioch.
- Acts 6:6 - They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
- Acts 6:7 - So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
- Acts 6:8 - Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
- Acts 6:9 - Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, and they began to argue with Stephen.
- 1 Kings 3:9 - So give your servant a receptive heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
- Acts 15:2 - After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.
- Acts 15:3 - When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
- Acts 15:4 - When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
- Acts 15:5 - But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
- Acts 15:6 - The apostles and the elders gathered to consider this matter.
- Acts 15:7 - After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.
- Acts 15:8 - And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.
- Acts 15:9 - He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
- Acts 15:10 - Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
- Acts 15:11 - On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”
- Acts 15:12 - The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:13 - After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me.
- Acts 15:14 - Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
- Acts 15:15 - And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
- Acts 15:16 - After these things I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. I will rebuild its ruins and set it up again,
- Acts 15:17 - so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord — even all the Gentiles who are called by my name — declares the Lord who makes these things
- Acts 15:18 - known from long ago.
- Acts 15:19 - Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,
- Acts 15:20 - but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 15:21 - For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”
- Genesis 41:33 - “So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:34 - Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.
- Genesis 41:35 - Let them gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. Under Pharaoh’s authority, store the grain in the cities, so they may preserve it as food.
- Genesis 41:36 - The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”
- Genesis 41:37 - The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,
- Genesis 41:38 - and he said to them, “Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s spirit in him?”
- Genesis 41:39 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you are.
- Romans 16:19 - The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.
- Exodus 18:19 - Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to him.
- Exodus 18:20 - Instruct them about the statutes and laws, and teach them the way to live and what they must do.
- Exodus 18:21 - But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
- Exodus 18:22 - They should judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you every major case but judge every minor case themselves. In this way you will lighten your load, and they will bear it with you.
- Exodus 18:23 - If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:4 - This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath, are to be gatekeepers.
- 2 Chronicles 23:5 - A third are to be at the king’s palace, and a third are to be at the Foundation Gate, and all the troops will be in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Chronicles 23:6 - No one is to enter the Lord’s temple but the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are holy, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 23:7 - The Levites are to completely surround the king with weapons in hand. Anyone who enters the temple is to be put to death. Accompany the king in all his daily tasks.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:8 - So the commanders of hundreds did everything the priest Jehoiada commanded. They each brought their men — those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty on the Sabbath — for the priest Jehoiada did not release the divisions.
- 2 Chronicles 23:9 - The priest Jehoiada gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers that were in God’s temple.
- 2 Chronicles 23:10 - Then he stationed all the troops with their weapons in hand surrounding the king — from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 23:11 - They brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and cried, “Long live the king!”
- Colossians 4:5 - Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15 - Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:16 - And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:17 - The calm words of the wise are heeded more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.
- Ephesians 5:15 - Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk — not as unwise people but as wise —
- Ephesians 5:16 - making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
- Ephesians 5:17 - So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
- James 1:5 - Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God — who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly — and it will be given to him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:15 - The struggles of fools weary them, for they don’t know how to go to the city.