Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

New American Standard Bible

Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And blows for the back of fools.

King James Version

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Holman Bible

Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.


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International Standard Version

Condemnation is appropriate for mockers, just as beatings are for the backs of fools.

A Conservative Version

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

American Standard Version

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

Amplified


Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And beatings for the backs of [thickheaded] fools.

Darby Translation

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.

Julia Smith Translation

Judgment was prepared for those mocking, and blows for the back of the foolish.

King James 2000

Judgments are prepared for scoffers and stripes for the back of fools.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

Modern King James verseion

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Punishments are ordained for the scornful, and stripes for fools' backs.

NET Bible

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

New Heart English Bible

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

The Emphasized Bible

Prepared for scoffers, are punishments, and stripes, for the back of dullards.

Webster

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

World English Bible

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Youngs Literal Translation

Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁפט 
Shephet 
Usage: 16

and stripes
מהלמּה 
Mahalummah 
Usage: 2

for the back
גּו 
Gev 
Usage: 7

Verse Info

Context Readings

Foolproof Instructions

28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream. 29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.



Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

Proverbs 3:34

He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

Proverbs 7:22

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Proverbs 17:10

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 18:6

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Isaiah 28:22

And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

Isaiah 29:20

For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

Acts 13:40-41

So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

2 Peter 3:3-7

Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,

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