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Proverbs 26:4

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4bAnswer not a fool according to his folly,

lest you be like him yourself.

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Cross references

  1. b[2 Sam. 16:11; 2 Kgs. 18:36; Luke 23:9]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

or you yourself will be just like him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness

or you’ll be like him yourself.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,

or you will become as foolish as they are.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not answer a fool according to his folly

lest you become like him—even you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Answer not a fool according to his folly,

Lest thou also be like unto him.