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Proverbs 29:8

NETBible	Scornful people¹ inflame² a city,³ but those who are wise turn away wrath.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 29:8	Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 29:8	Scorners set a city aflame, But wise men turn away anger.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 29:8	Mockers can get a whole town agitated, but those who are wise will calm anger.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 29:8	A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 29:8	Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 29:8	Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 29:8	Scoffers set a city aflame, But wise men turn away wrath.
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KJV	Scornful <03944> men <0582> bring <06315> (0) a city <07151> into a snare <06315> (8686)_: but wise <02450> [men] turn away <07725> (8686) wrath <0639>_. {bring...: or, set a city on fire}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 29:8	Scorners <0582> <3944> set <06315> a city <07151> aflame <06315> , But wise <02450> men <02450> turn <07725> away <07725> anger <0639> .
LXXM	(36:8) andrev <435> N-NPM loimoi <3061> A-NPM exekausan {V-AAI-3P} polin <4172> N-ASF sofoi <4680> A-NPM de <1161> PRT apestreqan <654> V-AAI-3P orghn <3709> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	Scornful <03944> people <0376> inflame <06315> a city <07151> , but those who are wise <02450> turn away <07725> wrath <0639> .
HEBREW	Pa <0639> wbysy <07725> Mymkxw <02450> hyrq <07151> wxypy <06315> Nwul <03944> ysna (29:8) <0376>

NETBible

Scornful people¹ inflame² a city,³ but those who are wise turn away wrath.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “men of scorn”; NAB “Arrogant men”; ASV, NRSV “Scoffers”; NIV, NLT “Mockers.”

²tn The verb means “to blow; to breathe” (BDB 806 s.v. פּוּחַ). In the Hiphil imperfect its meaning here is “to excite; to inflame” a city, as in blowing up a flame or kindling a fire. It is also used with “words” in 6:19 and 12:17 – they “puff out words.” Such scornful people make dangerous situations worse, whereas the wise calm things down (e.g., 2 Sam 20).

³tn The term “city” is a metonymy of subject; it refers to the people in the city who can easily be set in an uproar by such scornful people.