Proverbs 9:8
American King James Version (AKJV)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.
Darby Bible (DBY)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
So don't argue with mockers or they'll only hate you; argue with the wise and they'll love you.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
King James Version (KJV)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Webster Bible (Webster)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
World English Bible (WEB)
Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.