Proverbs 9:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Bible in Basic English ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. a He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their flight: b for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; c and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.

Darby Translation ☆

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

Noyes Bible ☆

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it.”

Leeser Tanakh ☆

If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

King James Version ☆

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbours; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Webster Bible ☆

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it .

Revised Version ☆

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbors; And if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. a He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, And the same will pursue birds in their flight: b For he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, And he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; c And he goes through a dry desert, And a land appointed to drought, And he gathers barrenness with his hands.

World English Bible ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World English Bible Classic ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World English Bible Updated ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World Messianic Bible ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest [it].

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

If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

إِنْ كُنْتَ حَكِيمًا فَأَنْتَ حَكِيمٌ لِنَفْسِكَ، وَإِنِ ٱسْتَهْزَأْتَ فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ تَتَحَمَّلُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သင်သည်ပညာရှိလျှင်၊ ကိုယ်တိုင်အကျိုးကို ခံရ လိမ့်မည်။ မထီမဲ့ပြုလျှင် ကိုယ်တိုင်သာအပြစ်ကို ခံရလိမ့် မည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သင်သည်ပညာ ရှိလျှင် ၊ ကိုယ်တိုင် အကျိုးကို ခံရလိမ့်မည်။ မထီမဲ့မြင် ပြုလျှင် ကိုယ်တိုင် သာအပြစ် ကိုခံရလိမ့်မည်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palung na ha nahaeloe palunghahaih atho to na hnu tih; toe minawk khet na patoek nahaeloe, nangmah na zok tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Na cueih la na cueih mak atah namah ham ngawn ni. Hmui na yoih atah nang namah long ni na phueih eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Na cueih la na cueih mak atah namah ham ngawn ni. Hmui na yoih atah nang namah long ni na phueih eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你若有智慧，是与自己有益； 你若亵慢，就必独自担当。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你若有智慧，是與自己有益； 你若褻慢，就必獨自擔當。

World Chinese Bible ☆

你若有智慧，是为自己有智慧； 你若讥诮，就必独自承担。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ako si mudar, sebi si mudar; budeš li podsmjevač, sam ćeš snositi.”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Budeš-li moudrý, sobě moudrý budeš; pakli posměvač, sám vytrpíš.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Er du viis, er det til Gavn for dig selv; spotter du, bærer du ene Følgen!

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Indien gij wijs zijt, gij zijt wijs voor uzelven; en zijt gij een spotter, gij zult het alleen dragen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zijt ge wijs, ge zijt wijs tot uw eigen voordeel; Zijt ge eigenwijs, gij alleen moet ervoor boeten!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Se vi saĝiĝis, vi saĝiĝis por vi; Kaj se vi blasfemas, vi sola suferos.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Si tu es sage, tu seras sage pour toi-même ; et si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Si tu es sage, tu es sage pour toi-même; si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Si tu es sage, tu es sage pour toi; Si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Si tu es sage, tu es sage pour toi-même. Si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wenn du weise bist, so bist du weise für dich; und spottest du, so wirst du allein es tragen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Bist du weise, so bist du dir weise; bist du ein Spötter, so wirst du es allein tragen.

German Textbibel ☆

Bist du weise, so bist du dir zu gut weise; bist du aber ein Spötter, so wirst du allein es tragen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Bist du weise, so kommt es dir selbst zugute; bist du aber ein Spötter, so hast du's allein zu tragen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

υἱέ, ἐὰν σοφὸς γένῃ σεαυτῷ, σοφὸς ἔση καὶ τοῖς πλησίον· ἐὰν δὲ κακὸς ἀποβῇς, μόνος ἂν ἀντλήσεις κακά. ὃς ἐρείδεται ἐπὶ ψεύδεσιν, οὗτος ποιμαίνει ἀνέμους, ὁ δ᾿ αὐτὸς διώξεται ὄρνεα πετόμενα· ἀπέλιπε γὰρ ὁδοὺς τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, τοὺς δὲ ἄξονας τοῦ ἰδίου γεωργίου πεπλάνηται· διαπορεύεται δὲ δι᾿ ἀνύδρου ἐρήμου καὶ γῆν διατεταγμένην ἐν διψώδεσι, συνάγει δὲ χερσὶν ἀκαρπίαν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Υἱὲ ἐὰν σοφὸς γένῃ σεαυτῷ, σοφὸς ἔσῃ καὶ τοῖς πλησίον· ἐὰν δὲ κακὸς ἀποβῇς, μόνος ἂν ἀντλήσεις κακά· a ὃς ἐρείδεται ἐπὶ ψεύδεσιν, οὗτος ποιμαίνει ἀνέμους, ὁ δʼ αὐτὸς διώξεται ὄρνεα πετόμενα· b ἀπέλιπε γὰρ ὁδοὺς τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, τοὺς δὲ ἄξονας τοῦ ἰδίου γεωργίου πεπλάνηται· c διαπορεύεται δὲ διʼ ἀνύδρου ἐρήμου, καὶ γῆν διατεταγμένην ἐν διψώδεσι, συνάγει δὲ χερσὶν ἀκαρπίαν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Si ou gen bon konprann, premye moun k'ap pwofite sa se ou menm. Konsa tou, si w'ap pase konesans nan betiz, se ou menm tou k'ap peye konsekans lan pou kont ou.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ina e naauao oe, e naauao no oe nou iho; Ina e hoowahawaha oe, maluna ou wale no ia mea.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אם חכמת חכמת לך ולצת לבדך תשא׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Se sei savio, sarai savio per te ; Se altresì sei schernitore, tu solo ne porterai la pena .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Se sei savio, sei savio per te stesso; se sei beffardo, tu solo ne porterai la pena.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

あなたが知恵を得るなら、その知恵はあなた自身のためになる。 あなたがあざけるなら、その報いはあなただけが負う。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 만일 지혜로우면 그 지혜가 네게 유익할 것이나 네가 만일 거만하면 너 홀로 해를 당하리라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom pa ac eis woiya kom fin lalmwetmet, ac kom fin srangesr eis, na kom ac keok.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

اگر حکیم هستی، برای خویشتن حکیم هستی. و اگر استهزا نمایی به تنهایی متحمل آن خواهی بود.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Se você for sábio, será sábio para si mesmo. Se você zombar, só você sofrerá as consequências.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Se fores sábio, serás sábio para ti; e se fores zombador, somente tu aguentarás.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Dacă ești înțelept, pentru tine însuți ești înțelept; dar dacă batjocorești, singur o vei purta.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дакэ ешть ынцелепт, пентру тине ешть ынцелепт; дакэ ешть батжокоритор, ту сингур вей суфери.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Сын мой! если ты мудр, то мудр для себя и для ближних твоих; и если буен, то один потерпишь. Кто утверждается на лжи, тот пасет ветры, тот гоняется за птицами летающими: ибо он оставил пути своего виноградника и блуждает по тропинкам поля своего; проходит чрез безводную пустыню и землю, обреченную на жажду; собирает руками бесплодие.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ako budeš mudar, sebi ćeš biti mudar; ako li budeš podsmevač, sam ćeš tegliti.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ако будеш мудар, себи ћеш бити мудар; ако ли будеш подсмевач, сам ћеш теглити.

Mashi Bible ☆

Okabâ murhimanya obunguke buli bwâwe, okabâ mugambanyi wêne kwânababaza.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Si fueres sabio, para ti lo serás: mas si fueres escarnecedor, pagarás tú solo.

Spanish BLL ☆

Si eres sabio, el beneficio es tuyo; si eres burlón, tú solo sufrirás las consecuencias.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Si fueres sabio, para ti lo serás; y si fueres escarnecedor, pagarás tú solo.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Si eres sabio, eres sabio para ti mismo; si tu corazón está lleno de orgullo, solo tendrás el dolor de ello.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Si eres sabio, para ti mismo eres sabio, Y si eres burlador, solo tú llevarás el daño.

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Revised West Version ☆

Kapau ko e poto koe, ʻoku ke poto pe maʻau: ka ke ka taukae, ko koe pe te ke ongoʻi ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Коли ти мудрий, то мудрий єси собі на користь; коли ж пустун ти, тобі від сього шкода.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Коли ти мудрий, то мудрий єси собі на користь; коли ж пустун ти, тобі від сього шкода.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Nếu con khôn ngoan, thì có ích cho chính mình con; Nếu con nhạo báng, tất một mình con phải gánh lấy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃