Verse List for PROV 21:11

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OET (OET-RV) By punishing a mocker, a naive person becomes wise, ⇔ ≈ and when wise people are instructed, they acquire knowledge.

OET-LV When_impose _a _fine _on a _mocker[fn] he _becomes _wise a _naive _person and_when_instruct (to)_a_wise_person he _receives knowledge.

ULT When fining a mocker, a naive one becomes wise, ⇔ and when giving insight to a wise one, he receives knowledge.

UST If you punish people who ridicule others, then naive people who see you do that will become wise, ⇔  and if you teach wise people, they will become even more knowledgeable.

BSB & MSB When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; ⇔  and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. ⇔  When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

NET When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; ⇔ when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

LSV When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise,
And in giving understanding to the wise He receives knowledge.

FBV When a mocker is punished, an immature person can learn wisdom. When the wise are educated, they gain knowledge.

T4T ⇔  When those who ridicule others are punished, even those who do not have good sense see that, and they become wise, ⇔  and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.

LEB • With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise,
• and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

BBE When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

Moff When a scoffer is punished, the fool gets a lesson ⇔  men of sense learn by being taught.

JPS When the scorner is punished, the thoughtless is made wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

ASV When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; ⇔ And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

DRA When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.

YLT When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

Drby When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

RV When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
(When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth/receives knowledge.)

SLT In punishing him mocking, the simple shall become wise: and in instruction to the wise one he will take knowledge.

Wbstr When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

KJB-1769 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
(When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth/receives knowledge.)

KJB-1611 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiueth knowledge.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.
(When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take the better heed: and when the wise is instructed, he will receive understanding.)

Gnva When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he wil receiue knowledge.
(When the scorner is punished, the foolish is wise: and when one instructeth the wise, he will receive knowledge.)

Cvdl When the scornefull is punyshed, the ignoraunt take ye better hede: & when a wyse man is warned, he wil receaue the more vnderstondinge.
(When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take ye/you_all better heed: and when a wise man is warned, he will receive the more understanding.)

Wycl Whanne a man ful of pestilence is punyschid, a litil man of wit schal be the wisere; and if he sueth a wijs man, he schal take kunnyng.
(When a man full of pestilence is punished, a little man of wit shall be the wisere; and if he sueth a wise man, he shall take cunning.)

Luth Wenn der Spötter gestraft wird, so werden die Albernen weise; und wenn man einen Weisen unterrichtet, so wird er vernünftig.
(When the/of_the mockers punished becomes, so become the Foolish_one(s) wise; and when man a wise_(men) taught/informed, so becomes he reasonable.)

ClVg Mulctato pestilente, sapientior erit parvulus, et si sectetur sapientem, sumet scientiam.
(Mulctato pestilente, wiser will_be little_one, and when/but_if sectetur wise, take knowledge.)

UHB בַּ⁠עְנָשׁ־לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם־פֶּ֑תִי וּ⁠בְ⁠הַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ֝⁠חָכָ֗ם יִקַּח־דָּֽעַת׃ ‡

BrLXX Ζημιουμένου ἀκολάστου πανουργότερος γίνεται ὁ ἄκακος, συνιῶν δὲ σοφὸς δέξεται γνῶσιν.

BrTr When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.