Proverbs 13:20
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- 71 Heb “walks.” When used with the preposition אֶת (’et, “with”), the verb הָלַךְ (halakh, “to walk”) means “to associate with” someone ( 234 הָלַךְ II.3.b; e.g., Mic 6:8; Job 34:8). The active participle of הָלַךְ (“to walk”) stresses continual, durative action. One should stay in close association with the wise, and move in the same direction they do.
- 72 The verb form יֵרוֹעַ (yeroa’) is the Niphal imperfect of רָעַע (ra’a’), meaning “to suffer hurt.” Several have attempted to parallel the repetition in the wordplay of the first colon. A. Guillaume has “he who associates with fools will be left a fool” (“A Note on the Roots רִיע, יָרַע, and רָעַע in Hebrew,” 15 [1964]: 294). translated the thus: “Fool he ends that fool befriends” (cited by D. Kidner, Proverbs [], ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Walk with the wise and become wise;
associate with fools and get in trouble.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Walk with the wise and be wise,
but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:
But a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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