Verse Comparison: Proverbs 9:9
American Standard Version
Give `instruction' to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Amplified® Bible
Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning.
Contemporary English Version
If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.
Darby English Version
Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
Good News Bible
Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
King James Version
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
New American Standard Bible
Give {instruction} to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase {his} learning.
New International Version
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
New King James Version
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Give instruction to a wise man and he will increase in wisdom, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.
Revised Standard Version
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
Young's Literal Translation
Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
