Proverbs 21:22
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
Webster's Revision
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of its confidence.
World English Bible
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Clarke's Proverbs 21:22 Bible Commentary
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty - Wisdom is in many respects preferable to strength, even in the case of defense. See what skill does in the fortification and reduction of strong places.
Barnes's Proverbs 21:22 Bible Commentary
Even in war, counsel does more than brute strength. So of the warfare which is carried on in the inner battlefield of the soul. There also wisdom is mighty to the "pulling down of strongholds" (2 Corinthians 10:4, where Paul uses the very words of the Septuagint Version of this passage), and the wise man scales and keeps the city which the strong man armed has seized and made his own.
Wesley's Proverbs 21:22 Bible Commentary
21:22 The strength - The strongest sorts to which the citizens trust.
