^16–21Let me come back to where I started—and don’t hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you’d rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.

NLTNew Living Translation

Again I say, don’t think that I am a fool to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Again I say, do not let anyone think I am foolish. But indeed, if you do, accept me even as foolish, in order that I also may boast a little.

KJV 1900King James Version

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

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