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Proverbs 26:4

NET ©	Do not answer a fool according to his folly,¹ lest you yourself also be like him.²
NIV ©	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
NASB ©	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
NLT ©	When arguing with fools, don’t answer their foolish arguments, or you will become as foolish as they are.
MSG ©	Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.
BBE ©	Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
NRSV ©	Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
NKJV ©	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

KJV	Answer <06030> (8799) not a fool <03684> according to his folly <0200>_, lest thou also be like <07737> (8799) unto him.
NASB ©	Do not answer <06030> a fool <03684> according to his folly <0200> , Or <06435> you will also <01571> be like <07737> him.
HEBREW	hta <0859> Mg <01571> wl <0> hwst <07737> Np <06435> wtlwak <0200> lyok <03684> Net <06030> la (26:4) <0408>
LXXM	(33:4) mh <3165> ADV apokrinou {V-PMD-2S} afroni <878> A-DSM prov <4314> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ekeinou <1565> D-GSM afrosunhn <877> N-ASF ina <2443> CONJ mh <3165> ADV omoiov <3664> A-NSM genh <1096> V-AMS-2S autw <846> D-DSM
NET © [draft] ITL	Do not <0408> answer <06030> a fool <03684> according to his folly <0200> , lest <06435> you <0859> yourself <07737> also <01571> be like him.
NET ©	Do not answer a fool according to his folly,¹ lest you yourself also be like him.²
NET © Notes	¹sn One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 274). ²sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.

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