Proverbs 29:8
8 oScoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 Mockers stir up a city,
but the wise turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare:
But wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Mockers can get a whole town agitated,
but the wise will calm anger.
Proverbs 29:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 People who make fun of wisdom cause trouble in a city,
but wise people calm anger down.
Proverbs 29:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Mockers create an uproar in a city,
but wise people turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 Mockers inflame a city,
but the wise turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 Men of scoffing set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 Those who make fun of others stir up a city.
But wise people turn anger away.
Proverbs 29:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 Scorners set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away anger.