Proverbs 9:8
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- 17 In view of the expected response for reproof, the text now uses a negated jussive to advise against the attempt. This is paralleled antithetically by the imperative in the second colon. This imperative is in an understood conditional clause: “if you reprove a wise person.”
- 18 Heb “lest he hate you.” The particle פֶּן (pen, “lest”) expresses fear or precaution (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 79, §476). The antonyms “love” and “hate” suggest that the latter means “reject” and the former means “choosing and embracing.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise and he will love you.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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