Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
New American Standard Bible
Teach a righteous man and he will
King James Version
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Holman Bible
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.
International Standard Version
Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.
A Conservative Version
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
American Standard Version
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Amplified
Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser;
Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
Bible in Basic English
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
Darby Translation
Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt give to the wise one and he will be more wise: make known to the just one and he will add receiving.
King James 2000
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.
Modern King James verseion
Give to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.
NET Bible
Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
New Heart English Bible
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The Emphasized Bible
Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.
Webster
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
World English Bible
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Themes
Instruction » The time when the wise are instructed
Rebuke » The reward for rebuking a wise man
Reproof » Those that reprove a scorner
Reproof » The reward for reproving a wise man
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Chakam
Yada`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 9:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom Prolongs Life
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. 9 Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. 10 The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:5
(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
Proverbs 25:12
A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.
Hosea 6:3
And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
Matthew 13:11-12
And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
2 Peter 3:18
and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him is the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.
1 John 2:20-21
And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;
1 John 5:13
These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.