Proverbs 12:8

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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

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.

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.

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

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.

World English Bible ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World English Bible Classic ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World English Bible Updated ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World Messianic Bible ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

An ish shall be commended according to his seichel, but he that is of a perverse mind shall be despised.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

بِحَسَبِ فِطْنَتِهِ يُحْمَدُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ، أَمَّا ٱلْمُلْتَوِي ٱلْقَلْبِ فَيَكُونُ لِلْهَوَانِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူ သည်ဉာဏ် ပညာရှိသည်အတိုင်း ချီးမွမ်း ခြင်း ကိုခံရ၏။ သဘော ကောက် သော သူမူကား ၊ မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုခြင်းကို ခံရ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

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

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

人必按自己的智慧被称赞； 心中乖谬的，必被藐视。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

人必按自己的智慧被稱讚； 心中乖謬的，必被藐視。

World Chinese Bible ☆

人必按自己的智慧受称赞； 心术乖谬的人必被藐视。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

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.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Nach dem Maße seiner Klugheit wird ein Mann gelobt; wer aber verkehrten Herzens ist, fällt der Verachtung anheim.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

στόμα συνετοῦ ἐγκωμιάζεται ὑπὸ ἀνδρός, νωθροκάρδιος δὲ μυκτηρίζεται.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Στόμα συνετοῦ ἐγκωμιάζεται ὑπὸ ἀνδρὸς, νωθροκάρδιος δὲ μυκτηρίζεται.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

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

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לְֽפִי־שִׂ֭כְלֹו יְהֻלַּל־אִ֑ישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵ֝֗ב יִהְיֶ֥ה לָבֽוּז׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לפי שכלו יהלל איש ונעוה לב יהיה לבוז׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

人はその知恵に応じて称賛されるが、 心のねじれた者は侮られる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사람은 그 지혜대로 칭찬을 받으려니와 마음이 패려한 자는 멸시를 받으리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

انسان برحسب عقلش ممدوح می‌شود، اماکج دلان خجل خواهند گشت.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Cada um será elogiado conforme seu entendimento; mas o perverso de coração será desprezado.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ун ом есте прецуит дупэ мэсура причеперий луй, дар чел ку инима стрикатэ есте диспрецуит.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Хвалят человека по мере разума его, а развращенный сердцем будет в презрении.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Према разуму свом хвали се човек; а ко је опака срца, презреће се.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omulume adulirwa obwîrhonzi bwâge, ow’omurhima gurhashinganini yêhe kugaywa anagugayirwa.

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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.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Un hombre será alabado en la medida de su sabiduría, pero un hombre equivocado será menospreciado.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Según su sabiduría es alabado el hombre, Pero el perverso de corazón será despreciado.

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Revised West Version ☆

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

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

О скілько розумний чоловік, хвалять його, а переворотний серцем буде в погордї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

О скілько розумний чоловік, хвалять його, а переворотний серцем буде в погордї.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לְֽפִי־שִׂ֭כְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל־אִ֑ישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵ֝֗ב יִהְיֶ֥ה לָבֽוּז׃