Proverbs 23:9

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

Darby Translation ☆

Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

Noyes Bible ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Speak not before the ears of a fool; for he will despise the intelligence of thy words.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

King James Version ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool: For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Webster Bible ☆

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Revised Version ☆

Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

World English Bible ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

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

Speak not in the oznayim of a kesil (fool), for he will despise the seichel of thy words.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فِي أُذُنَيْ جَاهِلٍ لَا تَتَكَلَّمْ لِأَنَّهُ يَحْتَقِرُ حِكْمَةَ كَلَامِكَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူကြားအောင် စကားမပြောနှင့်။ သင်၏စကား၌ ပါသောပညာကို မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုလိမ့်မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သောသူကြား အောင် စကားမ ပြော နှင့်။ သင် ၏စကား ၌ ပါသောပညာ ကို မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုလိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu khaeah lokthui hmah; anih loe na thuih ih palunghahaih lok to patoek tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang ang hna ah thui pah boeh. Na olthui dongkah lungmingnah te a hnoelrhoeng hae ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang ang hna ah thui pah boeh. Na olthui dongkah lungmingnah te a hnoelrhoeng hae ni.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你不要说话给愚昧人听， 因他必藐视你智慧的言语。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你不要說話給愚昧人聽， 因他必藐視你智慧的言語。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不要说话给愚昧人听， 因为他必藐视你话语中的智慧。

Croatian Bible ☆

Pred bezumnikom nemoj govoriti jer prezire tvoje umne riječi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Před bláznem nemluv, nebo pohrdne opatrností řečí tvých.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Tal ikke for Tåbens Ører, thi din kloge Tale agter han ringe.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Spreek niet voor het oor van een zot, want hij zou het verstand uwer woorden verachten.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Spreek niet ten aanhoren van een dwaas; Hij geeft niets om uw wijze woorden.

Esperanto Bible ☆

En la orelojn de malsaĝulo ne parolu; Ĉar li malŝatos la saĝecon de viaj vortoj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Ne parle pas aux oreilles du sot, car il méprisera la sagesse de ton discours.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ne parle point quand un insensé t'écoute; car il méprisera la prudence de tes discours.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ne parle pas aux oreilles de l’insensé, Car il méprise la sagesse de tes discours.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne parle pas à l'insensé, car il méprisera la sagesse de tes discours.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Rede nicht zu den Ohren eines Toren, denn er wird die Einsicht deiner Worte verachten.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Rede nicht vor des Narren Ohren; denn er verachtet die Klugheit deiner Rede.

German Textbibel ☆

Vor des Thörichten Ohren rede nicht, denn er hat nur Verachtung für den klugen Sinn deiner Worte.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Sprich keinem Toren zu; denn er wird deine weisen Reden nur verachten!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἰς ὦτα ἄφρονος μηδὲν λέγε, μήποτε μυκτηρίσῃ τοὺς συνετοὺς λόγους σου.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἰς ὦτα ἄφρονος μηδὲν λέγε, μήποτε μυκτηρίσῃ τοὺς συνετοὺς λόγους σου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pa chache fè yon moun san konprann konprann anyen. Li p'ap tande anyen nan sa w'ap di l' la. Lèfini, l'ap meprize ou met sou li.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Mai hai aku oe i na pepeiao o ka mea lapuwale; No ka mea, e hoowahawaha oia i ka pololei o kau olelo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־יָ֝ב֗וּז לְשֵׂ֣כֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

באזני כסיל אל תדבר כי יבוז לשכל מליך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non parlare in presenza dello stolto; Perciocchè egli sprezzerà il senno de' tuoi ragionamenti .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Non rivolger la parola allo stolto, perché sprezzerà il senno de’ tuoi discorsi.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者の耳に語ってはならない。 彼はあなたの言葉の知恵を侮る。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자의 귀에 말하지 말지니 이는 그가 네 지혜로운 말을 업신여길 것임이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nimet srike in sramsram in lalmwetmet nu sin sie mwet lalfon; el tia ku in eis in nunku kac.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

In auribus insipientium ne loquaris, qui despicient doctrinam eloquii tui.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

به گوش احمق سخن مگو، زیرا حکمت کلامت را خوار خواهد شمرد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Não fale aos ouvidos de um tolo, pois ele desprezará a sabedoria das suas palavras.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Não fales aos ouvidos do tolo, porque ele desprezará a prudência de tuas palavras.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Nu vorbi în urechile unui prost, fiindcă va disprețui înțelepciunea cuvintelor tale.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ну ворби ла урекя челуй небун, кэч ел несокотеште кувинтеле тале ынцелепте!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

В уши глупого не говори, потому что он презрит разумные слова твои.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Pred bezumnim ne govori, jer neće mariti za mudrost besede tvoje.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Пред безумним не говори, јер неће марити за мудрост беседе твоје.

Mashi Bible ☆

Irhondo orhahîraga okaderhera omu kurhwiri kw’ecingolo-ngolo, cankanagayaguza oburhimanya bw’ebinwa byâwe.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.

Spanish BLL ☆

No trates de hablar con un necio, porque despreciará tus sabios consejos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No hables a oídos del necio, porque despreciará la prudencia de tus razones.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

No digas nada al oído de un hombre necio, porque no valorará la sabiduría de tus palabras.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No hables a oídos del insensato, Porque despreciará la prudencia de tus razones.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOua naʻa ke lea ʻi he telinga ʻoe vale, he te ne manukiʻi ʻae poto ʻo hoʻo ngaahi lea.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

При дурневі не говори, він бо знехтує розумні речі твої.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

При дурневі не говори, він бо знехтує розумні речі твої.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chớ nói vào lỗ tai kẻ ngu muội; Vì nó sẽ khinh dể sự khôn ngoan của các lời con.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

בְּאָזְנֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל אַל־תְּדַבֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־יָ֝ב֗וּז לְשֵׂ֣כֶל מִלֶּֽיךָ׃