KJV
ASV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
ESV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
ERVEN
5.
NLT
5. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation.
WEB
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
NET
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.
NLV
5. Answer a fool in the way he has earned by his foolish acts, so he will not be wise in his own eyes.
HCSB
5. Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he'll become wise in his own eyes.
YLT
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
LITV
5. Answer a fool according to his foolishness, that he not be wise in his own eyes.
RV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
NCV
5. But answer fools as they should be answered, or they will think they are really wise.
MKJV
5. Answer a fool according to his foolishness, so that he may not be wise in his own eyes.
AKJV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
LXXEN
5. Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
KJV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
AMP
5. Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit. [Matt. 16:1-4; 21:24-27.]
KJVP
5. Answer H6030 a fool H3684 according to his folly H200 , lest H6435 CONJ he be H1961 VQY3MS wise H2450 AMS in his own conceit H5869 B-CMD-3MS .
YLT
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
ASV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
WEB
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
NASB
5. Answer the fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
ESV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
RV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
RSV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
NKJV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
MKJV
5. Answer a fool according to his foolishness, so that he may not be wise in his own eyes.
AKJV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
NRSV
5. Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.
NIV
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
NIRV
5. Answer a foolish person in keeping with his foolish acts. If you do, he won't be wise in his own eyes.
NLT
5. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in their own estimation.
MSG
5. Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head.
GNB
5. Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as smart as he thinks.
NET
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.
ERVEN
5.