If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.Proverbs 9:12
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Hebrew)
אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃
- אִם־'im-“if”Particle · from אִם · “if” · Strong's H0518A
- חָ֭כַמְתָּCha.kham.ta“you are wise”Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from חָכַם · “be wise” · Strong's H2449
- חָכַ֣מְתָּcha.Kham.ta“you are wise”Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from חָכַם · “be wise” · Strong's H2449
- לָּ֑ךְLakh“for yourself”Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from Os2f · “you” · Strong's H9032
- וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּve.Latz.ta“and you mock”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from לִיץ · “to mock” · Strong's H3887
- לְֽבַדְּךָ֥le.va.de.Kha“to alone you”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from בַּד · “alone” · Strong's H0905H
- תִשָּֽׂא׃ti.Sa'“you will bear [it]”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from נָשָׂא · “bear” · Strong's H5375H
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)