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Proverbs 17:10

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10||A reproof qentereth more into a wise man

Than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, A reproof aweth more a wise man, Than to strike a fool pan hundred times.
  2. qComp. Job 21:13. Jer. 21:13 in the Heb.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding

than a hundred blows into a fool.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A rebuke impresses a discerning person

more than a hundred lashes a fool.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person

more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

NLTNew Living Translation

A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding

than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A rebuke strikes him who understands

deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.