Proverbs 3:35
Modern Translations
New International Version
The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

New Living Translation
The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!

English Standard Version
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

Berean Study Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

New American Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, But fools increase dishonor.

NASB 1995
The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.

NASB 1977
The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.

Amplified Bible
The wise will inherit honor and glory, But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.

Christian Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but he holds up fools to dishonor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but He holds up fools to dishonor.

Contemporary English Version
You will be praised if you are wise, but you will be disgraced if you are a stubborn fool.

Good News Translation
Wise people will gain an honorable reputation, but stupid people will only add to their own disgrace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.

International Standard Version
The wise will inherit honor, but he holds fools up for ridicule.

NET Bible
The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

New King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

King James 2000 Bible
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the recompense of fools.

New Heart English Bible
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

World English Bible
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

American King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

American Standard Version
The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

A Faithful Version
The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Darby Bible Translation
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.

English Revised Version
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The wise inherit glory, "" And fools are bearing away shame!

Young's Literal Translation
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!

Smith's Literal Translation
The wise shall inherit glory, and the foolish exalt dishonor.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The wise will inherit honor and fools will receive disgrace.

Lamsa Bible
Wise men shall inherit glory; but fools shall receive disgrace.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The wise shall inherit honour; But as for the fools, they carry away shame.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted their own dishonour.
















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