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.

Asang Khongca Bible

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

Hawaiian Bible 1868

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

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

Bible in Basic English

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

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

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.

World Portuguese Bible

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

Romanian BTF Bible

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

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

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

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

Italian Diodati Bible

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

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.

Danish Bible 1931

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

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

French Ostervald Bible

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

Esperanto Bible

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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

German Luther Bible 1912

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

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

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

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

German Textbibel

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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

Hebrew OT (WLC)

עֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

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.

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

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

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

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

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

עֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתֹּ֑ו פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ענה כסיל כאולתו פן יהיה חכם בעיניו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

جَاوِبِ ٱلْجَاهِلَ حَسَبَ حَمَاقَتِهِ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ حَكِيمًا فِي عَيْنَيْ نَفْسِهِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

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

Judson Burmese Bible

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

Korean Bible 1910

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

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。

World Chinese Bible

要照愚昧人的愚妄回答他， 免得他自以为有智慧。

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。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

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

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Mashi Bible

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

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

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

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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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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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