Proverbs 26:4

NETBible	Do not answer a fool according to his folly,¹ lest you yourself also be like him.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:4	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:4	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 26:4	When arguing with fools, don’t answer their foolish arguments, or you will become as foolish as they are.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 26:4	Don't respond to the stupidity of a fool; you'll only look foolish yourself.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 26:4	Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:4	Do not answer fools according to their folly, or you will be a fool yourself.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:4	Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.
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NETBible

Do not answer a fool according to his folly,¹ lest you yourself also be like him.²

NET Notes

¹sn One should not answer a fool’s foolish questions in line with the fool’s mode of reasoning (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 274).

²sn The person who descends to the level of a fool to argue with him only looks like a fool as well.