Proverbs 27:11

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

Bible in Basic English ☆

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.

Darby Translation ☆

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

Noyes Bible ☆

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Become wise, my son, and cause my heart to rejoice, that I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that taunteth me.

King James Version ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Son, be wise, that your heart may rejoice; and remove you from yourself reproachful words.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Son, be wise, that your heart may rejoice; and remove you from yourself reproachful words.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

Webster Bible ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Revised Version ☆

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; And remove thou from thyself reproachful words.

World English Bible ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

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

Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad, that I may answer my accusers.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

يَا ٱبْنِي، كُنْ حَكِيمًا وَفَرِّحْ قَلْبِي، فَأُجِيبَ مَنْ يُعَيِّرُنِي كَلِمَةً.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ငါ့သား၊ ပညာရှိလော့။ ကဲ့ရဲ့သောသူ၏စကားကို ငါချေနိုင်အောင်၊ ငါ့စိတ်ကို ရွှင်လန်းစေလော့။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ငါ့ သား ၊ ပညာ ရှိလော့။ ကဲ့ရဲ့ သောသူ၏စကား ကို ငါ ချေ နိုင်အောင်၊ ငါ့ စိတ် ကို ရွှင်လန်း စေလော့။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Ka capa, palungha ah loe, ka palungthin hae anghoesak ah; to tiah ni kai hnaphnae kaminawk to ka pathim thai tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka ca nang cueih lamtah ka lungbuei a kohoe saeh. Te daengah ni kai aka veet te ol ka thuung thai eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka ca nang cueih lamtah ka lungbuei a kohoe saeh. Te daengah ni kai aka veet te ol ka thuung thai eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我儿，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心欢喜， 使我可以回答那讥诮我的人。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我兒，你要作智慧人，好叫我的心歡喜， 使我可以回答那譏誚我的人。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我儿，你要有智慧， 使我的心喜乐， 这样我就可以回答那辱骂我的人。

Croatian Bible ☆

Budi mudar, sine moj, i obraduj mi srce da mogu odgovoriti onome koji me grdi.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Buď moudrý, synu můj, a obvesel srdce mé, ať mám co odpovědíti tomu, kdož mi utrhá.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Vær viis, min Søn, og glæd mit Hjerte, at jeg kan svare den, der smæder mig.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zijt wijs, mijn zoon, en verblijd mijn hart; opdat ik mijn smader wat te antwoorden heb.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Mijn zoon, wees wijs, en verblijd mijn hart; Dan kan ik te woord staan hem, die mij hoont.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Estu saĝa, mia filo, kaj ĝojigu mian koron; Kaj mi havos kion respondi al mia insultanto.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Mon fils, sois sage et réjouis mon cœur, afin que j’aie de quoi répondre à celui qui m’outrage.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Mon fils, sois sage, et réjouis mon cœur, et je pourrai répondre à celui qui me fera des reproches.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Mon fils, sois sage, et réjouis mon cœur, Et je pourrai répondre à celui qui m’outrage.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Sois sage, mon fils, et réjouis mon cœur, afin que je puisse répondre à celui qui m'insulte.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Sei weise, mein Sohn, und erfreue mein Herz, damit ich Antwort geben könne meinem Schmäher.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Sei weise, mein Sohn, so freut sich mein Herz, so will ich antworten dem, der mich schmäht.

German Textbibel ☆

Sei weise, mein Sohn, und erfreue mein Herz, damit ich dem, der mich schmäht, Rede stehen kann.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Sei weise, mein Sohn, und erfreue mein Herz; so darf ich dem antworten, der mich schmäht.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

σοφὸς γίνου, υἱέ, ἵνα σου εὐφραίνηται ἡ καρδία, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Σοφὸς γίνου υἱὲ, ἵνα σου εὐφραίνηται ἡ καρδία, καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Pitit mwen, aprann gen bon konprann. Fè kè m' kontan. Konsa, m'a ka reponn moun k'ap kritike m' yo.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E kuu keiki e, e naauao hoi oe i olioli ko'u naau, I olelo aku au i ka mea hoino mai ia'u.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִי וְשַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑י וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָֽר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

חכם בני ושמח לבי ואשיבה חרפי דבר׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Figliuol mio, sii savio, e rallegra il mio cuore ; Ed io avrò che rispondere a colui che mi farà vituperio .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Figliuol mio, sii savio e rallegrami il cuore, così potrò rispondere a chi mi vitupera.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

わが子よ、知恵を得て、 私の心を喜ばせよ。 そうすれば、私をそしる者に答えることができる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내 아들아 지혜를 얻고 내 마음을 기쁘게 하라 그리하면 나를 비방하는 자에게 내가 대답할 수 있겠노라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tulik nutik, kom in lalmwetmet ac nga fah arulana engan; nga fah ku in topuk mwet nukewa su akkolukyeyu.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

‌ای پسر من حکمت بیاموز و دل مرا شادکن، تا ملامت کنندگان خود را مجاب سازم.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Seja sábio, meu filho, e traga alegria ao meu coração, então poderei responder àquele que me atormenta.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Sê sábio, meu filho, e alegra meu coração; para que eu tenha algo a responder para aquele que me desprezar.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Fiul meu, fii înțelept și înveselește-mi inima, ca să răspund celui ce mă ocărăște.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Фиуле, фий ынцелепт ши ынвеселеште-мь инима, ши атунч вой путя рэспунде челуй че мэ батжокореште!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Будь мудр, сын мой, и радуй сердце мое; и я буду иметь, что отвечать злословящему меня.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Sine moj, budi mudar i obraduj srce moje, da imam šta odgovoriti onome ko me ruži.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Сине мој, буди мудар и обрадуј срце моје, да имам шта одговорити ономе ко ме ружи.

Mashi Bible ☆

Mwâna wâni, hinduka murhimanya lyo oshagalusa omurhima gwâni, lyo mmanya oku nâshuza ngasi abangayisize.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.

Spanish BLL ☆

Hijo mío, sé sabio y alegra mi corazón; así tendré qué responder al que me insulte.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me agravie.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Hijo mío, sé sabio y haz que mi corazón se alegre, así podré dar una respuesta al que me avergüenza.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, Así tendré que responder al que me ultraje.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻE hoku foha, ke ke poto koe, pea ke fakafiefiaʻi hoku loto, koeʻuhi ke u faʻa tali ia ʻaia ʻoku manuki kiate au.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Розумен будь, сину, втїшай моє серце, щоб знав я, що менї злоріцї відказати.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Розумен будь, сину, втїшай моє серце, щоб знав я, що менї злоріцї відказати.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Hỡi con, khá khôn ngoan, và làm vui lòng cha, Để cha có thế đáp lại cùng kẻ nào sỉ nhục cha.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִי וְשַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑י וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָֽר׃