Proverbs 26:4

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.

JPS

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

LXXE

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תַּ֣עַן כְּ֭סִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּ֥וֹ גַם־אָֽתָּה׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι πρὸς τὴν ἐκείνου ἀφροσύνην, ἵνα μὴ ὅμοιος γένῃ αὐτῷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
• Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
• Jude 1:9But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
• Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
• 1 Kings 12:14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
• 2 Kings 14:8–10Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said. But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon…
• 1 Kings 12:16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house,…
• Judges 12:1–6Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you…
• 2 Samuel 19:41–43Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?” And all…
• Isaiah 36:21But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
• 1 Peter 2:21–23For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” When they heaped abuse on…

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