PRO 26:4 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Μὴ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀφροσύνην, ἵνα μὴ ὅμοιος γένῃ αὐτῷ.
(Maʸ apokrinou afroni pros taʸn ekeinou afrosunaʸn, hina maʸ homoios genaʸ autōi. )

ULT Do not answer a stupid one according to his folly,
⇔ lest you yourself also become like him.

UST Sometimes, do not reply to foolish people according to their foolish way of thinking.
⇔ If you do, then you also will be foolish.

BSB Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
⇔ or you yourself will be like him.

OEB Do not answer a fool as beseems his folly,
⇔ in case you, too, become like him.

WEBBE Don’t answer a fool according to his folly,
⇔ lest you also be like him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
⇔ lest you yourself also be like him.

LSV Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you are like to him—even you.

FBV Don't answer stupid people following their stupidity, or you'll become as bad as them.

T4T ⇔ If a foolish person asks a foolish question, do not answer him,
⇔ because if you answer his question, you are just as foolish as he is.

LEB • lest you become like him—even you.

BBE Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

ASV Answer not a fool according to his folly,
⇔ Lest thou also be like unto him.

DRA Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

YLT Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him — even thou.

Drby Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

RV Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Wbstr Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.

KJB-1769 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
(Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou/you also be like unto him. )

KJB-1611 Answere not a foole according to his folly, lest thou also be like vnto him.
(Answere not a foole according to his folly, lest thou/you also be like unto him.)

Bshps Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.
(Give not the foole an answer after his foolishnes, lest thou/you become like unto him.)

Gnva Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.
(Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou/you also be like him. )

Cvdl Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:
(Give not the foole an answer after his foolishness, lest thou/you become like unto him:)

Wyc Answere thou not to a fool bi his foli, lest thou be maad lijk hym.
(Answere thou/you not to a fool by his foli, lest thou/you be made like him.)

Luth Antworte dem Narren nicht mich seiner Narrheit, daß du ihm nicht auch gleich werdest.
(answere to_him Narren not me his Narrheit, that you him not also gleich becomest.)

ClVg Ne respondeas stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne efficiaris ei similis.[fn]
(Ne respondeas stulto next_to stultitiam his_own, not efficiaris to_him similis. )

26.4 Non respondeas... Responde stulto juxta stultitiam. Non sunt contraria; utrumque enim pro tempore et personarum diversitate concordat; dum et stultus contemnit, quia non recipit sapientiam: et stulta superbia a sua dejicitur stultitia, unde: Factus sum insipiens, vos me cœgistis II Cor. 12..

26.4 Non respondeas... Responde stulto next_to stultitiam. Non are contraria; utrumque because for tempore and personarum diversitate concordat; dum and stultus contemnit, because not/no recipit wisdom: and stulta superbia from his_own deyicitur stultitia, unde: Factus I_am insipiens, you me cœgistis II Cor. 12..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כְּ֭סִיל כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ & לּ֥⁠וֹ

fool according_to,folly,his & for=him/it

Here, a stupid one, his, and him refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. See how you translated a stupid one in 10:18. Alternate translation: “any stupid person according to that person’s folly … that person”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ

according_to,folly,his

This could mean: (1) according to the reasoning of a stupid one. Alternate translation: “according to his foolish reasoning” (2) in the same manner as a stupid one. Alternate translation: “in a foolish manner”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ

according_to,folly,his

See how you translated the abstract noun folly in 5:23.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

תִּשְׁוֶה & גַם־אָֽתָּה

like & also/even you(ms)

Solomon uses the word yourself to emphasize how important it is to not become like a stupid one. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “even you become like”

Parallel PRO 26:4