Proverbs 23:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
Webster's Revision
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
World English Bible
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Barnes's Proverbs 23:9 Bible Commentary
The "fool" here is one willfully and persistently deaf to it, almost identical with the scorner.
Wesley's Proverbs 23:9 Bible Commentary
23:9 Of a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners.