Proverbs 15:12
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- 33 This is an understatement, the opposite being intended (a figure called tapeinosis). A scorner rejects any efforts to reform him.
- 34 The form הוֹכֵחַ (hokheakh) is a Hiphil infinitive absolute. It could function as the object of the verb (cf. , ) or as a finite verb (cf. , , ). The latter has been chosen here because of the prepositional phrase following it, although that is not a conclusive argument.
- 35 The has אֶל (’el, “to [the wise]”), suggesting seeking the advice of the wise. The , however, has “with the wise,” suggesting אֶת (’et).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A scoffer does not like to be reproved;
he will not go to the wise.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Mockers resent correction,
so they avoid the wise.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;
he will not consult the wise.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Mockers hate to be corrected,
so they stay away from the wise.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A scoffer does not like his rebuke;
to the wise he will not go.
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KJV 1900King James Version
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
Neither will he go unto the wise.
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