⁸ Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

⁶ A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

¹⁰ For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

³ for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

¹¹ There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.

⁸ And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

⁶ I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.

⁷ Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

⁸ How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

¹¹ In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it `is' not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.

¹ Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof `is' brutish.

⁵ Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

²² `Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

²² And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

²⁹ If they were wise -- They deal wisely `with' this; They attend to their latter end: