Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity. 29 Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

Proverbs 9:12

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it.

Proverbs 3:34

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

Proverbs 7:22

He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

Proverbs 17:10

Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

Proverbs 18:6

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

Isaiah 28:22

And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is for all the land.

Isaiah 29:20

For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

Acts 13:40-41

see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

Hebrews 12:6

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

2 Peter 3:3-7

this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,

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