Proverbs 3:35 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
English ASV
The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
English Amplified
The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but he holds up fools to dishonor.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.
English EASY 2024
Wise people will receive honour, But fools will only have shame.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The way the wise live will bring them honor, but the way fools live will bring them shame.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Wise people will gain an honorable reputation, but stupid people will only add to their own disgrace.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The wise will inherit honor, but He holds up fools to dishonor.
English KJV 1611
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
English LSB
The wise will inherit glory, But fools raise up disgrace.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get shame.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Honor is the possession of wise men, but fools inherit shame.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Wise people receive honor. But the Lord puts foolish people to shame.
English NIV
The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.
English NKJ 1982
The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
English NLT
The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The wise will inherit honor, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Stubborn fools fill their lives with disgrace, but glory and honor rest upon the wise.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
The wise are promoted to honor, but fools are promoted to shame!
English Tyndale 1537
The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.