New International VersionInstruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
New Living TranslationInstruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
English Standard VersionGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Berean Standard BibleInstruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
King James BibleGive
instruction to a wise
man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just
man, and he will increase in learning.
New King James VersionGive
instruction to a wise
man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just
man, and he will increase in learning.
New American Standard BibleGive
instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; Teach a righteous person and he will increase
his insight.
NASB 1995Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
NASB 1977Give
instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man, and he will increase
his learning.
Legacy Standard BibleGive
knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Make a righteous man know
it and he will increase
his learning.
Amplified BibleGive
instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser; Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
Christian Standard BibleInstruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
Holman Christian Standard BibleInstruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.”
American Standard VersionGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Contemporary English VersionIf you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.
English Revised VersionGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationGive [advice] to a wise person, and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will learn more.
Good News TranslationAnything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
International Standard VersionCounsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.
NET BibleGive instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
New Heart English BibleInstruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Webster's Bible TranslationGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleInstruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
World English BibleInstruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionGive to the wise, and he is wiser still, "" Make known to the righteous, "" And he increases learning.
Young's Literal Translation Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
Smith's Literal TranslationThou shalt give to the wise one and he will be more wise: make known to the just one and he will add receiving.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleGive an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
Catholic Public Domain VersionPresent an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.
New American BibleInstruct the wise, and they become still wiser; teach the just, and they advance in learning.
New Revised Standard VersionGive instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleGive an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedGive opportunity to a wise man that again he may learn wisdom, and teach the righteous that he may progress beyond his teacher.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationGive an opportunity to a wise
man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more
instruction.
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