Proverbs 26:4

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.

Darby Translation ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

Noyes Bible ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also become like to him.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest thou also become equal unto him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

King James Version ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Webster Bible ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.

Revised Version ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou become like him.

World English Bible ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him — even thou.

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

Answer not a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لَا تُجَاوِبِ ٱلْجَاهِلَ حَسَبَ حَمَاقَتِهِ لِئَلَّا تَعْدِلَهُ أَنْتَ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူ၏ သဘောသို့လိုက်၍၊ သူ၏စကား ကို မချေနှင့်။ ထိုသို့ချေလျှင် သူနှင့်တူလိမ့်မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သောသူ၏ သဘောသို့လိုက်၍၊ သူ၏စကား ကို မ ချေ နှင့်။ ထိုသို့ ချေလျှင် သူ နှင့် တူ လိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu to amthuhaih baktiah pathok hmah; na pathok nahaeloe nang doeh kamthu baktiah ni na om tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang ang kah a anglat te doo boeh, namah khaw anih bangla na om ve.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang ang kah a anglat te doo boeh, namah khaw anih bangla na om ve.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

不要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他， 恐怕你与他一样。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 恐怕你與他一樣。

World Chinese Bible ☆

不要照愚昧人的愚妄回答他， 免得你也像他一样。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne odgovaraj bezumniku po njegovoj ludosti, da mu i sam ne postaneš jednak.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Neodpovídej bláznu podlé bláznovství jeho, abys i ty jemu nebyl podobný.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Svar ej Tåben efter hans Dårskab*, at ikke du selv skal blive som han. { [*dvs. tåbeligt.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Antwoord den zot naar zijn dwaasheid niet, opdat gij ook hem niet gelijk wordt.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Antwoord een dwaas niet naar zijn dwaasheid, Anders mocht ge zelf eens op hem lijken.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ne respondu al malsaĝulo laŭ lia malsaĝeco, Por ke vi mem ne fariĝu egala al li.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Ne réponds pas au sot selon sa folie, de peur que toi aussi tu ne lui ressembles.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ne réponds point au fou selon sa folie, de peur que tu ne lui ressembles toi-même.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Ne réponds pas à l’insensé selon sa folie, De peur que tu ne lui ressembles toi-même.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ne réponds pas à l'insensé selon sa folie, de peur de lui ressembler toi-même.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Antworte dem Toren nicht nach seiner Narrheit, damit nicht auch du ihm gleich werdest.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Antworte dem Narren nicht nach seiner Narrheit, daß du ihm nicht auch gleich werdest.

German Textbibel ☆

Antworte dem Thoren nicht nach seiner Narrheit, daß du dich selbst ihm nicht gleichstellest.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Antworte dem Narren nicht nach seiner Narrheit, damit du ihm nicht gleichest;

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

μὴ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀφροσύνην, ἵνα μὴ ὅμοιος γένῃ αὐτῷ·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μὴ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀφροσύνην, ἵνα μὴ ὅμοιος γένῃ αὐτῷ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pa reponn moun sòt yo menm jan yo pale a, pou ou pa parèt sòt menm jan ak yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Mai olelo aku i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O like oe me ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אַל־תַּ֣עַן כְּ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתֹּ֑ו פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לֹּ֥ו גַם־אָֽתָּה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אל תען כסיל כאולתו פן תשוה לו גם אתה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Non rispondere allo stolto secondo la sua follia; Che talora anche tu non gli sii agguagliato.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Non rispondere allo stolto secondo la sua follia, che tu non gli abbia a somigliare.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者の愚かさに合わせて答えてはならない。 あなたまで彼のようにならぬように。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자의 어리석은 것을 따라 대답하지 말라 두렵건대 네가 그와 같을까 하노라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom fin topuk sie kusen siyuk lalfon, kom lalfon oana mwet se ma siyuk.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Ne respondeas stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne efficiaris ei similis.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

احمق را موافق حماقتش جواب مده، مباداتو نیز مانند او بشوی.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Não responda ao tolo segundo a sua estultícia, para que você também não se torne semelhante a ele.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Não respondas ao tolo conforme sua loucura; para que não te faças semelhante a ele.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Nu răspunde unui prost conform nechibzuinței lui, ca nu cumva și tu să fii asemenea lui.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ну рэспунде небунулуй дупэ небуния луй, ка сэ ну семень ши ту ку ел.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Не отвечай глупому по глупости его, чтобы и тебе не сделаться подобным ему;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne odgovaraj bezumniku po bezumlju njegovom, da ne budeš i ti kao on.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не одговарај безумнику по безумљу његовом, да не будеш и ти као он.

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhahîra okadumiza omusirhe oku isirhc lyâge, wakanabà akâge nâwe.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Nunca respondas al necio en conformidad á su necedad, para que no seas tú también como él.

Spanish BLL ☆

No respondas al necio según su propia necedad, para que no te rebajes tú también a su nivel.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Nunca respondas al necio según su fatuidad, para que no seáis tú también como él.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

No le des una respuesta necia al necio, o serás como él.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No respondas al necio según su necedad, Para que no seas tú como él.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOua naʻa tali ʻaki ʻae vale ʻa ʻene vale, telia naʻa ke hoko ʻo tatau pe mo ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Не відказуй безумному по дурному, щоб не стався похожим на його.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Не відказуй безумному по дурному, щоб не стався похожим на його.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chớ đáp với kẻ ngu si tùy sự ngu dại nó, E con giống như nó chăng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אַל־תַּ֣עַן כְּ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּ֥וֹ גַם־אָֽתָּה׃