Proverbs 14:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Young's Literal Translation
The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.

King James Bible
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Hebrew
The simple
פְתָאיִ֣ם (p̄ə·ṯā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6612: Simple, perhaps open-minded

inherit
נָחֲל֣וּ (nā·ḥă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate

folly,
אִוֶּ֑לֶת (’iw·we·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 200: Silliness

but the prudent
וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים (wa·‘ă·rū·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 6175: Crafty, shrewd, sensible

are crowned
יַכְתִּ֥רוּ (yaḵ·ti·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3803: To enclose, to crown, to besiege, to wait

with knowledge.
דָֽעַת׃ (ḏā·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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