Proverbs 17:28

American Standard Version (1901)

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

ASV Byzantine Text

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

Asang Khongca Bible

Lokpae ai ah om duem kami loe, kamthu mataeng doeh palungha kami ah poek o moe, palai angsum thaih kami doeh khopoek thaih kami ah poek o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang ang pataeng a hil a phah atah aka cueih la, a ka a buem atah aka yakming la a ngai coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang ang pataeng a hil a phah atah aka cueih la, a ka a buem atah aka yakming la a ngai coeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea naaupo hoi, i kona mumule ana, ua kuhiia oia he naauao; O ka mea pani i kona mau lehelehe hoi, he kanaka ike no ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki gen lespri pa janm cho pou pale. Men moun sòt, lè yo rete ak bouch yo fèmen, yo pase pou moun ki gen konprann.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Stultus quoque, si tacuerit, sapiens reputabitur, et si compresserit labia sua, intelligens.]

Bible in Basic English

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Même le fou qui se tait est réputé sage, – celui qui ferme ses lèvres, un homme intelligent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Také i blázen, mlče, za moudrého jmín bývá, a zacpávaje rty své, za rozumného.

Kosraean Bible

Sie mwet lalfon fin muta misla ac tia sramsram, ku in nunkeyuk mu el lalmwetmet.

World Portuguese Bible

Até o tolo, quando se cala, é tido por sábio. Quando fecha os seus lábios, é considerado prudente.

Romanian BTF Bible

Chiar un nebun este considerat înțelept când își ține gura, și cel ce își închide buzele ca om chibzuit.

Brenton English Septuagint

Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မိုက်သောသူပင် တိတ်ဆိတ်စွာနေလျှင် ပညာရှိ ဟူ၍၎င်း၊ မိမိနှုတ်ကိုမဖွင့်ဘဲ နေသောသူကို လည်း၊ ဥာဏ်ကောင်းသောသူဟူ၍၎င်းသူတပါး ထင်တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, [and] he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Auch ein Narr, der schweigt, wird für weise gehalten, für verständig, wer seine Lippen verschließt.

Dutch Bible 1917

Een dwaas zelfs, die zwijgt, zal wijs geacht worden, en die zijn lippen toesluit, verstandig.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Als hij zwijgt, geldt zelfs een dwaze voor wijs; Als hij zijn mond maar houdt, voor verstandig.

Italian Diodati Bible

Lo stolto stesso è reputato savio, quando si tace; E prudente, quando tiene le labbra chiuse .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Even a fool, if he will hold his peace shall be counted wise: and if he close his lips, a man of understanding.

Geneva Bible 1599

Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

Noyes Bible

Even a fool, when he is silent, is accounted wise; He that shutteth his lips is a man of understanding.

Danish Bible 1931

Selv Dåren, der tier, gælder for viis, forstandig er den, der lukker sine Læber.

Leeser Tanakh

Even a fool, when he keepeth silence, is counted wise: he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.

King James Version

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Khi nín lặng, dầu người ngu dại, cũng được cầm bằng khôn ngoan; Còn kẻ nào ngậm môi miệng mình lại được kể là thông sáng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: And he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Revised West Version

Naʻa mo e vale ʻoku lau ia ko e poto, ʻoka fakalongo pē ia: pea ʻoku lau ko e tangata faʻa ʻilo ʻaia ʻoku mapuni hono loungutu.

French Ostervald Bible

L'insensé même passe pour sage quand il se tait, et celui qui ferme ses lèvres est un homme intelligent.

Esperanto Bible

Eĉ malsaĝulo, se li silentas, estas rigardata kiel saĝulo; Kaj kiel prudentulo, se li tenas fermita sian buŝon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

L’insensé même, quand il se tait, passe pour sage; Celui qui ferme ses lèvres est un homme intelligent.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein Narr, wenn er schwiege, wurde auch für weise gerechnet, und für verständig, wenn er das Maul hielte.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

British English Septuagint 2012

Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

Majority Standard BIble

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

Webster Bible

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Revised Version

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: when he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Anche lo stolto, quando tace, passa per savio; chi tien chiuse le labbra è uomo intelligente.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Même l'insensé, quand il se tait, passe pour sage ; celui qui ferme ses lèvres est considéré comme intelligent.

Reina Valera 1909

Aun el necio cuando calla, es contado por sabio: el que cierra sus labios es entendido.

Spanish BLL

Hasta el necio pasa por sabio si se queda callado; si cierra la boca, parece una persona sensata.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Aun el necio, cuando calla, es contado por sabio; el que cierra sus labios es tenido por entendido.

Croatian Bible

I luđak se smatra mudrim kada šuti i razumnim kad susteže svoje usne.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I bezuman kad ćuti, misli se da je mudar, i razuman, kad stiskuje usne svoje.

German Textbibel

Auch ein Narr kann, wenn er schweigt, für einen Weisen gelten, wenn er seine Lippen verschließt, für einen Verständigen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: And he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן׃

World English Bible

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World English Bible British Edition

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World English Bible Classic

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World English Bible Updated

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World Messianic Bible

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Young's Literal Translation

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀνοήτῳ ἐπερωτήσαντι σοφίαν σοφία λογισθήσεται, ἐνεὸν δέ τις ἑαυτὸν ποιήσας δόξει φρόνιμος εἶναι.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀνοήτῳ ἐπερωτήσαντι σοφίαν σοφία λογισθήσεται, ἐνεὸν δέ τις ἑαυτὸν ποιήσας, δόξει φρόνιμος εἶναι.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кяр ши ун прост ар трече де ынцелепт дакэ ар тэчя ши де причепут дакэ шь-ар цине гура.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І дурень, як мовчить, здається бути мудрим, а як уста стулить, — навіть розважливим.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І дурень, як мовчить, здається бути мудрим, а як уста стулить, — навіть розважливим.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И безуман кад ћути, мисли се да је мудар, и разуман, кад стискује усне своје.

Russian Synodal Bible

И глупец, когда молчит, может показаться мудрым, и затворяющий уста свои - благоразумным.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֹֽון׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

גם אויל מחריש חכם יחשב אטם שפתיו נבון׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

بَلِ ٱلْأَحْمَقُ إِذَا سَكَتَ يُحْسَبُ حَكِيمًا، وَمَنْ ضَمَّ شَفَتَيْهِ فَهِيمًا.

Old Persion Version Bible

مرد احمق نیز چون خاموش باشد او راحکیم می‌شمارند، و هر‌که لبهای خود را می‌بنددفهیم است.

Judson Burmese Bible

မိုက် သောသူပင် တိတ်ဆိတ် စွာနေလျှင်ပညာ ရှိ ဟူ၍၎င်း၊ မိမိ နှုတ် ကိုမ ဖွင့်ဘဲ နေသောသူကို လည်း၊ ဉာဏ် ကောင်းသောသူဟူ၍၎င်း သူတပါး ထင် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

미련한 자라도 잠잠하면 지혜로운 자로 여기우고 그 입술을 닫히면 슬기로운 자로 여기우느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

愚かな者でも黙っていれば知恵があるとみなされ、 唇を閉じていれば悟りがあると思われる。

World Chinese Bible

愚昧人若静默不言，也算为有智慧； 他闭口不语，就被看为有明辨。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

愚昧人若静默不言也可算为智慧； 闭口不说也可算为聪明。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

愚昧人若靜默不言也可算為智慧； 閉口不說也可算為聰明。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Até o tolo, quando está calado, é considerado como sábio; e quem fecha seus lábios, como de bom senso.

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Mashi Bible

Ciru n’omusirhe akahulika naye anabonekane nka mugula, orhabumbwîre akanwa anabonekane nka mwenge.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Selbst ein Narr wird für weise gehalten, wenn er schweigt, für verständig, wenn er seine Lippen verschließt.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Aun el necio, cuando calla, es sabio: cuando cierra los labios, se le acredita el buen juicio.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Aun el necio cuando calla es tenido por sabio, El que cierra sus labios es entendido.

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

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted chacham, and he that shutteth his sfatayim (lips) is esteemed a man of understanding.

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