Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
Scornful men set a city in a flame: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the powers that be.
29:8 Wrath - The wrath of God or of men, who were enraged against it.