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Proverbs 17:10

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17:10A rebuke makes a greater impression on38 a discerning person

than a hundred blows on a fool.39

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Footnotes

  1. 38 Heb “goes in deeper” (cf. , ). The verb נָחֵת (nakhet) “to go down; to descend” with the preposition בְּ (bet) means “to descend into; to make an impression on” someone.
  2. 39 The form is the Hiphil infinitive of נָכָה (nakhah) with the comparative מִן, min. The word “fool” then would be an objective genitive—more than blows to/on a fool.

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

A reproof entereth more into a wise man

Than an hundred stripes into a fool.