Verse List for PROV 13:20

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The person who walks with wise people will become wise, ⇔ ^ but anyone associating with fools will get harmed.

OET-LV one _who_walks[fn][fn][fn] with wise_people and[fn] and_one _who_associates _with fools he _will _be _harmed.

ULT One walking with wise ones will become wise, ⇔ but one associating with stupid ones will be harmed.

UST People who associate with wise people will become wise themselves, ⇔  but people who are companions of foolish people will suffer.

BSB & MSB He who walks with the wise will become wise, ⇔  but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB One who walks with wise men grows wise, ⇔  but a companion of fools suffers harm.

NET The one who associates with the wise grows wise, ⇔ but a companion of fools suffers harm.

LSV Whoever is walking with wise men is wise,
And a companion of fools suffers evil.

FBV Being friends with wise people will make you wise, but being friends with stupid people will only cause you problems.

T4T ⇔  Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; ⇔  those who ◄are close friends of/associate with► foolish people will ◄regret it/be ruined►.

LEB • Walk with the wise and be wise,
• but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

BBE Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Moff Mix with wise men, and you will be wise, ⇔  but a companion of fools will come to grief.

JPS He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but the companion of fools shall smart for it.

ASV Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; ⇔ But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

DRA He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

YLT Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

Drby He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

RV Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
(Walk with wise men, and thou/you shalt/shall be wise: but the companion of fools shall smart for it.)

SLT He going with the wise, and he is wise: and the companion of the foolish shall become evil.

Wbstr He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

KJB-1769 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]He that walketh with wise men, shall be wise: but a companion of fooles shall be destroyed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted.
(He that goeth/goes in the company of wise men, shall be wise: but whoso/whoever is a companion of fools, shall be afflicted.)

Gnva He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted.
(He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be afflicted.)

Cvdl He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.
(He that goeth/goes in the company of wise men, shall be wise: but whoso/whoever is a copanyo of fools, shall be hurt.)

Wycl He that goith with wijs men, schal be wijs; the freend of foolis schal be maad lijk hem.
(He that goeth/goes with wise men, shall be wise; the friend of fools shall be made like hem.)

Luth Wer mit den Weisen umgehet, der wird weise; wer aber der Narren Geselle ist, der wird Unglück haben.
(Who with the wise_(men) bypasses, the/of_the becomes wise; who but the/of_the fool(n) companion is, the/of_the becomes accident/misfortune/disaster have.)

ClVg Qui cum sapientibus graditur sapiens erit; amicus stultorum similis efficietur.][fn]
(Who when/with to_the_wise walks wise will_be; a_friend of_fools similar to_achieveetur.])

UHB הוֹלֵ֣ךְ [fn] אֶת־חֲכָמִ֣ים יֶחְכָּ֑ם [fn] וְ⁠רֹעֶ֖ה כְסִילִ֣ים יֵרֽוֹעַ׃ ‡

BrLXX Συμπορευόμενος σοφοῖς σοφὸς ἔσῃ, ὁ δὲ συμπορευόμενος ἄφροσι γνωσθήσεται.

BrTr If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.