Proverbs 12:8

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

ASV Byzantine Text

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palungha kami loe minawk mah pakoehhaih to hnuk; toe poek angkawn kami loe minawk mah hnap.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A lungmingnah olka dongah hlang loh a thangthen tih, lungbuei aka paihaeh tah nueihbu la poeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A lungmingnah olka dongah hlang loh a thangthen tih, lungbuei aka paihaeh tah nueihbu la poeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E hoomaikaiia ke kanaka e like me kona akamai; Aka, o ka mea naau lokoino, e hoowahawahaia oia.

English Berean Standard Bible

A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Y'ap fè lwanj moun ki gen konprann. Men, y'ap meprize moun ki malveyan.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Doctrina sua noscetur vir; qui autem vanus et excors est patebit contemptui.

Bible in Basic English

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Un homme est loué d’après sa prudence, mais le cœur perverti est en butte au mépris.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Podlé toho, jakž rozumný jest, chválen bývá muž, převráceného pak srdce bude v pohrdání.

Kosraean Bible

Kom fin lalmwetmet, ac kaksakinyuk kom. Kom fin lalfon, mwet uh ac pilesrekom.

World Portuguese Bible

O homem será louvado segundo a sua sabedoria, mas o perverso de coração será desprezado.

Romanian BTF Bible

Un om va fi lăudat după înțelepciunea sa, dar cel cu o inimă perversă va fi disprețuit.

Brenton English Septuagint

The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လူသည်ဥာဏ်ပညာရှိသည်အတိုင်း ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း ကိုခံရ၏။ သဘောကောက်သော သူမူကား၊ မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုခြင်းကို ခံရ၏။

Darby Translation

A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Gemäß seiner Einsicht wird ein Mann gelobt; wer aber verkehrten Herzens ist, wird zur Verachtung sein.

Dutch Bible 1917

Een ieder zal geprezen worden, naardat zijn verstandigheid is; maar die verkeerd van hart is, zal tot verachting wezen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Naar de mate van zijn doorzicht wordt men geprezen, Maar een nar is niet in tel.

Italian Diodati Bible

L'uomo sarà lodato secondo il suo senno; Ma chi è stravolto d'animo sarà in isprezzo .

Douay-Rheims 1899

A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.

Geneva Bible 1599

A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.

Noyes Bible

A man will be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Danish Bible 1931

For sin Klogskab prises en Mand, til Spot bliver den, hvis Vid er vrangt.

Leeser Tanakh

In accordance with his intelligence is a man praised; but he that is perverse of heart will come to be despised.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.

King James Version

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

King James Version + Apocrypha

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Người ta được khen ngợi tùy theo sự khôn sáng mình; Còn kẻ có lòng tà vạy sẽ bị khinh dể.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Revised West Version

‌ʻE fakamālōʻia, ʻae tangata ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene poto: ka ʻe manukiʻi ia ʻaia ʻoku loto talangataʻa.

French Ostervald Bible

L'homme sera loué suivant sa prudence; mais le cœur dépravé sera dans le mépris.

Esperanto Bible

Oni laŭdas homon laŭ lia saĝo; Sed perversulo estos hontigita.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Un homme est estimé en raison de son intelligence, Et celui qui a le cœur pervers est l’objet du mépris.

German Luther Bible 1912

Eines weisen Mannes Rat wird gelobt; aber die da tückisch sind, werden zu Schanden.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.

British English Septuagint 2012

The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.

Majority Standard BIble

A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

Webster Bible

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Revised Version

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Italian Riveduta Bible

L’uomo è lodato in proporzione del suo senno, ma chi ha il cuore pervertito sarà sprezzato.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Un homme sera loué selon sa sagesse, mais celui qui a l'esprit perverti sera méprisé.

Reina Valera 1909

Según su sabiduría es alabado el hombre: mas el perverso de corazón será en menosprecio.

Spanish BLL

Al hombre se le alaba según su inteligencia, pero al de mente retorcida se le desprecia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Según su sabiduría es alabado el hombre, mas el perverso de corazón será menospreciado.

Croatian Bible

Čovjek se hvali po oštrini svoga razuma, a prezire se tko je opak srcem.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Prema razumu svom hvali se čovek; a ko je opaka srca, prezreće se.

German Textbibel

Nach dem Maße siener Klugheit wird ein Mann gelobt, wer aber verschrobenes Sinnes ist, fällt der Verachtung anheim.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; But he that is dull of heart is had in derision.