34He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.


In Context

31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,

32 for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.

33 The Lord 's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.

Proverbs 3:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners, but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the lowly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:34If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:34Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly.