Proverbs 9:9

NETBible	Give instruction¹ to a wise person,² and he will become wiser still; teach³ a righteous person and he will add to his⁴ learning.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Teach the wise, and they will be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn more.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Save your breath for the wise--they'll be wiser for it; tell good people what you know--they'll profit from it.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 9:9	Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 9:9	Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Give instruction to a wise man , and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man , and he will increase in learning.
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KJV	Give <05414> (8798) [instruction] to a wise <02450> [man], and he will be yet wiser <02449> (8799)_: teach <03045> (8685) a just <06662> [man], and he will increase <03254> (8686) in learning <03948>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 9:9	Give <05414> instruction to a wise <02450> man <02450> and he will be still <05750> wiser <02449> , Teach <03045> a righteous <06662> man <06662> and he will increase <03254> his learning <03948> .
LXXM	didou <1325> V-PAD-2S sofw <4680> A-DSM aformhn <874> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ sofwterov <4680> A-NSMC estai <1510> V-FMI-3S gnwrize <1107> V-PAD-2S dikaiw <1342> A-DSM kai <2532> CONJ prosyhsei <4369> V-FAI-3S tou <3588> T-GSN decesyai <1209> V-PMN
NET [draft] ITL	Give <05414> instruction to a wise person <02450> , and he will become wiser <02449> still <05750> ; teach <03045> a righteous <06662> person and he will add <03254> to his learning <03948> .
HEBREW	P xql <03948> Powyw <03254> qydul <06662> edwh <03045> dwe <05750> Mkxyw <02449> Mkxl <02450> Nt (9:9) <05414>

NETBible

Give instruction¹ to a wise person,² and he will become wiser still; teach³ a righteous person and he will add to his⁴ learning.

NET Notes

¹tn The noun “instruction” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation.

²sn The parallelism shows what Proverbs will repeatedly stress, that the wise person is the righteous person.

³tn The Hiphil verb normally means “to cause to know, make known”; but here the context suggests “to teach” (so many English versions).

⁴tn The term “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of smoothness and clarity.