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Proverbs 19:11

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;m

it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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Proverbs 19:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 Good sense makes one slow to anger,

and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger;

And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 19:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 Sensible people control their temper;

they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.

Proverbs 19:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,

And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

Proverbs 19:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 The wise are patient;

they will be honored if they ignore insults.

Proverbs 19:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;

And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 19:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 19:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 A person with good sense is patient, 

and it is to his credit that he overlooks an offense. 

Proverbs 19:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 A person’s insight gives him patience,

and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 Those with good sense are slow to anger,

and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 The understanding of a person makes him slow to his anger,

and his glory overlooks offense.

Proverbs 19:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 A man’s wisdom makes him patient.

He will be honored if he forgives someone who sins against him.

Proverbs 19:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger,

And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.


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