If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
    the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

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If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
(A)Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

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11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

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11 A fool vents all his (A)feelings,[a]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit