| Proverbs 23:9 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Do not talk directly to a fool, because he will despise the wisdom of your words.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| ASV: | Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| BBE: | Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words. |
| DBY: | Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| ERV: | Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| JPS: | Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| WBS: | Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| WEB: | Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
| YLT: | In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words. |
| Proverbs 23:9 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Matthew 7:6 "Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 23:9 Of a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners. |
| MHC: | 23:1-3 God's restraints of the appetite only say, Do thyself no harm. 4,5. Be not of those that will be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those that hold them ever so fast, cannot hold them always, cannot hold them long. 6-8. Do not make thyself burdensome to any, especially those not sincere. When we are called by God to his feast, and to let our souls delight themselves, Isa 25:6; 55:2, we may safely partake of the Bread of life. 9. It is our duty to take all fit occasions to speak of Divine things; but if what a wise man says will not be heard, let him hold his peace. 10,11. The fatherless are taken under God's special protection. He is their Redeemer, who will take their part; and he is mighty, almighty. |
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