Proverbs 29:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs, and there is no rest.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Common English Bible

⁹ When the wise make a legal charge against the foolish, the fools shout, they laugh—there is no calm.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry or laugh, he shall find no rest.

Proverbs 29:9 Cross References

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:4

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 29:10

Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless, and the wicked seek his life.

Proverbs 29:8

Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.