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Proverbs 13:20

NETBible	The one who associates¹ with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 13:20	He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:20	He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 13:20	Whoever walks with the wise will become wise; whoever walks with fools will suffer harm.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 13:20	Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 13:20	Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 13:20	Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 13:20	He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
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KJV	He that walketh <01980> (8802) with wise <02450> [men] shall be wise <02449> (8799)_: but a companion <07462> (8802) of fools <03684> shall be destroyed <07321> (8735)_. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:20	He who walks <01980> with wise <02450> men <02450> will be wise <02449> , But the companion <07462> of fools <03684> will suffer <07489> harm <07489> .
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM sumporeuomenov <4848> V-PMPNS sofoiv <4680> A-DPM sofov <4680> A-NSM estai <1510> V-FMI-3S o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT sumporeuomenov <4848> V-PMPNS afrosi <878> A-DPM gnwsyhsetai <1097> V-FPI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	The one who associates <01980> with <0854> the wise <02450> grows wise <02449> , but a companion <07462> of fools <03684> suffers harm <07321> .
HEBREW	ewry <07321> Mylyok <03684> herw <07462> Mkxy {Mkxw} <02449> Mymkx <02450> ta <0854> Klwh {Kwlh} (13:20) <01980>

NETBible

The one who associates¹ with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “walks.” When used with the preposition אֶת (’et, “with”), the verb הָלַךְ (halakh, “to walk”) means “to associate with” someone (BDB 234 s.v. הָלַךְ II.3.b; e.g., Mic 6:8; Job 34:8). The active participle of הָלַךְ (“to walk”) stresses continual, durative action. One should stay in close association with the wise, and move in the same direction they do.

²tn The verb form יֵרוֹעַ (yeroa’) is the Niphal imperfect of רָעַע (ra’a’), meaning “to suffer hurt.” Several have attempted to parallel the repetition in the wordplay of the first colon. A. Guillaume has “he who associates with fools will be left a fool” (“A Note on the Roots רִיע, יָרַע, and רָעַע in Hebrew,” JTS 15 [1964]: 294). Knox translated the Vulgate thus: “Fool he ends that fool befriends” (cited by D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 104).