Proverbs 26:5

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

Darby Translation ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

Noyes Bible ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

King James Version ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Webster Bible ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Revised Version ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

World English Bible ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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

Answer a kesil (fool) according to his folly, lest he be chacham in his own eyes.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

جَاوِبِ ٱلْجَاهِلَ حَسَبَ حَمَاقَتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ حَكِيمًا فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူ၏ သဘောသို့လိုက်၍ သူ၏စကား ကို ချေလော့။ သို့မဟုတ်၊ သူသည် ဝါကြွားသောစိတ် ရှိလိမ့် မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူ၏ သဘောသို့လိုက်၍ သူ၏စကား ကို ချေလော့။ သို့မဟုတ် ၊ သူသည် ဝါကြွားသောစိတ် ရှိ လိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu ih lok to na pathim nahaeloe, a mik hnukah palungha kami ah poek moeng tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang ang te a anglat bangla a doo dae, a mikhmuh ah hlang cueih la om hae mahpawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang ang te a anglat bangla a doo dae, a mikhmuh ah hlang cueih la om hae mahpawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

要照愚昧人的愚妄话回答他， 免得他自以为有智慧。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他， 免得他自以為有智慧。

World Chinese Bible ☆

要照愚昧人的愚妄回答他， 免得他自以为有智慧。

Croatian Bible ☆

Odgovori bezumniku po ludosti njegovoj, da se ne bi učinio sam sebi mudar.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Odpověz bláznu podlé bláznovství jeho, aby sám u sebe nebyl moudrý.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Svar Tåben efter hans Dårskab*, at han ikke skal tykkes sig viis. { [*dvs. revsende.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Antwoord den zot naar zijn dwaasheid, opdat hij in zijn ogen niet wijs zij.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Antwoord een dwaas naar zijn dwaasheid, Anders denkt hij nog, dat hij wijs is

Esperanto Bible ☆

Respondu al malsaĝulo laŭ lia malsaĝeco, Por ke li ne estu saĝulo en siaj propraj okuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Réponds au sot selon sa folie, de peur qu’il ne soit sage à ses propres yeux.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Réponds au fou selon sa folie, de peur qu'il ne s'imagine qu'il est sage.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Réponds à l’insensé selon sa folie, Afin qu’il ne se regarde pas comme sage.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Réponds à l'insensé selon sa folie, de peur qu'il ne se croie sage à ses propres yeux.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Antworte dem Toren nach seiner Narrheit, damit er nicht weise sei in seinen Augen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Antworte aber dem Narren nach seiner Narrheit, daß er sich nicht weise lasse dünken.

German Textbibel ☆

Antworte dem Thoren nach seiner Narrheit, daß er sich nicht weise dünke.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

antworte aber dem Narren nach seiner Narrheit, damit er sich nicht weise dünke.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀλλὰ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι κατὰ τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ φαίνηται σοφός παρ᾿ ἑαυτῷ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἀλλὰ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι κατὰ τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ φαίνηται σοφὸς παρʼ ἑαυτῷ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Reponn moun sòt yo dapre jan yo pale a, w'a fè yo wè se moun sòt yo ye.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E olelo no i ka mea lapuwale e like me kona naaupo ana, O naauao oia i kona maka iho.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתֹּ֑ו פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ענה כסיל כאולתו פן יהיה חכם בעיניו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Rispondi allo stolto, come si conviene alla sua follia ; Che talora non gli paia d'esser savio.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Rispondi allo stolto secondo la sua follia, perché non abbia a credersi savio.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者の愚かさに合わせて答えよ。 彼が自分を知恵ある者と思わぬように。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자의 어리석은 것을 따라 그에게 대답하라 두렵건대 그가 스스로 지혜롭게 여길까 하노라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sang top lalfon nu ke kusen siyuk lalfon, na mwet se ma siyuk el ac akilen lah el tia etu oana ma el nunku.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Responde stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne sibi sapiens esse videatur.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

احمق را موافق حماقتش جواب بده، مباداخویشتن را حکیم بشمارد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Responda ao tolo segundo a sua estultícia, para que ele não seja sábio aos seus próprios olhos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Responde ao tolo conforme sua loucura, para que ele não seja sábio aos seus próprios olhos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Răspunde unui prost conform nechibzuinței lui, ca nu cumva să fie înțelept în îngâmfarea lui.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Рэспунде ынсэ небунулуй дупэ небуния луй, ка сэ ну се крядэ ынцелепт.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

но отвечай глупому по глупости его, чтобы он не стал мудрецом в глазах своих.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Odgovori bezumniku prema bezumlju njegovom, da ne misli da je mudar.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Одговори безумнику према безумљу његовом, да не мисли да је мудар.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omusirhe omushuze nk’oku isirhc lyâge linali, akâmanya mpu ali murhimanya.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Responde al necio según su necedad, porque no se estime sabio en su opinión.

Spanish BLL ☆

Respóndele al necio como se merece su necedad, para que no se crea que es muy sabio.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Responde al necio como merece su necedad, para que no se estime sabio en su propia opinión.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Da una respuesta necia al necio, o parecerá sabio a sí mismo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Responde al necio como merece su necedad, Para que él no se estime sabio.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ke talia ʻae vale ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene vale, telia naʻa poto ia ʻi hono mata ʻoʻona.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Не відказуй безумному по дурощам його, щоб він не вважав себе мудрим ув очах своїх.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Не відказуй безумному по дурощам його, щоб він не вважав себе мудрим ув очах своїх.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Hãy đáp với kẻ ngu si tùy sự ngu dại nó, Kẻo nó khôn ngoan theo mắt nó chăng.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו׃