Proverbs 9:8

JPS-1917

אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

— Proverbs 9:8, JPS 1917

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Other Translations

KOREN

Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

MASORETIC

אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃