Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A proverb is rejected when it comes from the lips of a fool since he does not utter it at the proper time.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at the proper time.
Good News Translation®
Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.
Wycliffe Bible
A parable, that is, a true sentence and great, shall be reproved (when it cometh out) of the mouth of a fool; for he saith not it in his (or its) time [or forsooth he saith it not in his (or its) time].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at its proper time.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at the proper time.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at the proper time.
Common English Bible © 2011
Proverbs told by fools will be rejected, because they’ll never tell them at their proper time.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A proverb spoken by a fool is unwelcome, for he does not tell it at the proper time.
Revised Standard Version
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at its proper time.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at the proper time.