Verse (Click for Chapter) New King James Version If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.” King James Bible If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. American Standard Version If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it. Berean Study Bible If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. Douay-Rheims Bible If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil. English Revised Version If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. World English Bible If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it. Young's Literal Translation If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest it. Proverbs 9:12 Additional Translations ... Links Proverbs 9:12 NIVProverbs 9:12 NLT Proverbs 9:12 ESV Proverbs 9:12 NASB Proverbs 9:12 NKJV Proverbs 9:12 KJV |