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If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
Compare Versions
American Standard Version
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
English Standard Version
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
King James Version
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it .
New American Standard Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will suffer from it.
New International Version
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
New King James Version
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
New Living Translation
If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
World English Bible
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.