Verse Comparison: 2 Timothy 2:23
American Standard Version
But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
Amplified® Bible
But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife {and} breed quarrels.
Darby English Version
But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
International Standard Version
Do not have anything to do with foolish and stupid discussions, because you know they breed arguments.
King James Version
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
Young's Literal Translation
and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,