Other translations
American Standard Version
The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The wise will inherit honor and fools will receive disgrace.
Darby Bible Translation
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
God's Word
Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but He holds up fools to dishonor.
International Standard Version
The wise will inherit honor, but he holds fools up for ridicule.
NET Bible
The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
New American Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor.
New International Version
The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
New Living Translation
The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!
Webster's Bible Translation
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
The World English Bible
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
EasyEnglish Bible
Wise people will receive honour. But fools will only have shame.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
New Life Version
Honor will be given to the wise, but shame will be given to fools.
The Voice Bible
In the end, the wise will receive honor, but fools will face humiliation.
Living Bible
The wise are promoted to honor, but fools are promoted to shame!
New Catholic Bible
Glory is the crown given to the wise; fools inherit nothing but disgrace.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wise will inherit glory, But fools raise up disgrace.
Jubilee Bible 2000
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Christian Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, but he holds up fools to dishonor.
Amplified Bible © 1954
The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools.
New Century Version
Wise people will receive honor, but fools will be disgraced.
The Message
God’s curse blights the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. He gives proud skeptics a cold shoulder, but if you’re down on your luck, he’s right there to help. Wise living gets rewarded with honor; stupid living gets the booby prize.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Wise people inherit honor, but proud fools receive disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The wise will inherit honor, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Good News Translation®
Wise people will gain an honorable reputation, but stupid people will only add to their own disgrace.
Wycliffe Bible
Wise men shall have glory; [the] enhancing of fools is shame. (The wise shall receive honour; but fools shall only increase their shame.)
Contemporary English Version
You will be praised if you are wise, but you will be disgraced if you are a stubborn fool.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The wise will inherit honor, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The wise will inherit honour, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Common English Bible © 2011
The wise gain respect, but fools receive shame.
Amplified Bible © 2015
The wise will inherit honor and glory, But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.
English Standard Version Anglicised
The wise will inherit honour, but fools get disgrace.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The wise will possess glory, but fools will bear shame.
New American Standard Bible
The wise will inherit honor, But fools increase dishonor.
The Expanded Bible
Wise people ·will receive honor [possess glory], but fools ·will be disgraced [give off/exude shame].
Tree of Life Version
The wise inherit honor, but fools are held up in disgrace.
Revised Standard Version
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
New International Reader's Version
Wise people receive honor. But foolish people get only shame.
BRG Bible
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Complete Jewish Bible
The wise win honor, but fools win shame.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The wise will inherit honour, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
The chachamim shall inherit kavod, but shame shall be the promotion of kesilim (fools).
Names of God Bible
Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
Modern English Version
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the legacy of fools.
Easy-to-Read Version
The way the wise live will bring them honor, but the way fools live will bring them shame.
International Children’s Bible
Wise people will receive honor. But foolish people will be disgraced.
Lexham English Bible
They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
New International Version - UK
The wise inherit honour, but fools get only shame.