箴言 29:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

智慧人與愚妄人爭訟，愚妄人只會咆哮或嘲笑，總不能安靜。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
智 慧 人 与 愚 妄 人 相 争 ， 或 怒 或 笑 ， 总 不 能 使 他 止 息 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ When a wise person takes a foolish person to court, the fool only shouts or laughs, and there is no peace.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 26:4, Ecclesiastes 10:13, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 11:17-19

Reciprocal: Numbers 16:12 - General Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Proverbs 17:19 - loveth Proverbs 18:6 - his Ecclesiastes 7:6 - the laughter Ephesians 4:31 - clamour

Cross-References

Genesis 24:15
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, came out of the city. (Bethuel was the son of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.) Rebekah was carrying her water jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 29:7
Jacob said, "But look, it is still the middle of the day. It is not time for the sheep to be gathered for the night, so give them water and let them go back into the pasture."

Genesis 29:8
But they said, "We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered. Then we will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep."

Genesis 29:15
Then Laban said to Jacob, "You are my relative, but it is not right for you to work for me without pay. What would you like me to pay you?"

Genesis 29:16
Now Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah, and the younger was Rachel.

Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to stay with Jethro, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses to be his wife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,.... Enters into a controversy with him, either by word or writing, in order to convince him of his folly and wickedness, of his errors and mistakes;

whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest; that is, either whether the fool is angry with the wise man, and rages at him and abuses him, and calls him names, or laughs at him, and scoffs at all his arguments, reasons, and advice; yet the wise man does not cease from proceeding in the contest with him; or he is not dejected and cast down, and discouraged; or, as the Targum is,

"he is not broken;''

but patiently bears his wrath fury, his scoffs and jeers: or else whether the wise man deals roughly or gently with the feel, in a morose or in a mere jocose way: it has no upon him; he is never the better for it; he does not acquiesce or rest in what he says like the Pharisees in Christ's time, who are compared to surly children: who, when "piped to, danced not"; and, when "mourned to, lamented not",

:-, and

:-. The design of the proverb is to show, that all labour to reclaim a fool from his folly is lost, let a man take what methods he will, Proverbs 27:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All modes of teaching - the stern rebuke or the smiling speech - are alike useless with the “foolish” man; there is “no rest.” The ceaseless cavilling goes on still.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 29:9. Whether he rage or laugh — Coverdale translates, "Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole, whether he deale with him frendly or roughly he geteth no rest."