Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 10:15
American Standard Version
The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Amplified® Bible
The labor of fools wearies every one of them, because [he is so ignorant of the ordinary matters that] he does not even know how to get to town.
Contemporary English Version
Fools wear themselves out-- they don't know enough to find their way home.
Darby English Version
The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.
Good News Bible
Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.
King James Version
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
New American Standard Bible
The toil of a fool {so} wearies him that he does not {even} know how to go to a city.
New International Version
A fool's work wearies him;
he does not know the way to town.
New King James Version
The labor of fools wearies them,
For they do not even know how to go to the city!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Revised Standard Version
The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.
Young's Literal Translation
The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.
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