Parallel Verses
NET Bible
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
New American Standard Bible
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
King James Version
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Holman Bible
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
International Standard Version
A rebuke is more effective with a man of understanding than a hundred lashes to a fool.
A Conservative Version
A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
American Standard Version
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Amplified
A reprimand goes deeper into one who has understanding and a teachable spirit
Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Bible in Basic English
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
Darby Translation
A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Julia Smith Translation
A reproof will take hold upon, him understanding more than a hundred, blows the foolish.
King James 2000
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
Modern King James verseion
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a thousand stripes into a fool.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a hundred stripes unto a fool.
New Heart English Bible
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
The Emphasized Bible
A reproof sinketh more deeply into an intelligent man than a hundred stripes, into a dullard!
Webster
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
World English Bible
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Youngs Literal Translation
Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
Themes
Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging
Reproof » Declared to be » More profitable to saints, than stripes to a fool
Interlinear
Nachath
Biyn
me'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
9 The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends. 10 A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. 11 An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Cross References
Psalm 141:5
May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
Proverbs 9:8-9
Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:5
A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
Proverbs 19:25
Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 27:22
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
Proverbs 29:19
A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.
Revelation 3:19
All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!