Proverbs 9:12
The Way of Wisdom
11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
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Berean Standard Bible
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
American Standard Version (1901)
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;
And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Bible in Basic English
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
Free Bible Version
If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.
Geneva Bible 1599
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.
King James (Authorized) Version
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
One Unity Resource Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Translation for Translators
If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule becoming wise, you are the one who will suffer.
Unlocked Literal Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
and if you mock, you will carry it by yourself.”
Noah Webster Bible
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it .
World English Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Young's Literal Translation
If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned — thyself bearest [it].