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22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
    How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery,
    and fools hate knowledge?

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22 “How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers(A) enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?(B)

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34 Surely he mocks the mockers,
    but he gives grace to the humble.

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34 He mocks those who mock
but gives grace to the humble.(A)

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One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
    One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
    Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

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The one who corrects a mocker
will bring abuse on himself;
the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.[a]
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(A)
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 Lit man: his blemish

A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it,
    but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.

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A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

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12 A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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12 A mocker doesn’t love one who corrects him;(A)
he will not consult the wise.

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25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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25 Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson;(A)
rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.(B)

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29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers,
    and beatings for the backs of fools.

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29 Judgments are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.(A)

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11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom.
    When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

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11 When a mocker is punished,
the inexperienced become wiser;
when one teaches a wise man,
he acquires knowledge.(A)

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24 The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—
    he works in the arrogance of pride.

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24 The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.(A)

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10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
    yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

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The schemes of folly are sin.
    The mocker is detested by men.

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A foolish scheme is sin,
and a mocker is detestable to people.

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Mockers stir up a city,
    but wise men turn away anger.

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Mockers inflame a city,(A)
but the wise turn away anger.

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