Proverbs 26:4

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.	Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.	Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Answer^H6030 not a fool^H3684 according to his folly^H200, lest thou also be like^H7737 unto him.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתֹּו פֶּן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לֹּו גַם־אָתָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תַּ֣עַן	Ta.'an	H6030	HVqj2ms	you answer
כְּ֭סִיל	Ke.sil	H3684	HAamsa	a fool
כְּ/אִוַּלְתּ֑/וֹ	ke./'i.val.T/o	H200	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	according to/ foolishness/ his
פֶּֽן	pen-	H6435	HC	lest
תִּשְׁוֶה	tish.veh-	H7737	HVqi2ms	you should become like
לּ֥/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(to)/ him
גַם	gam-	H1571	HD	also
אָֽתָּה	'A.tah	H859	HPp2ms	you

Strong's References

H200 — אִוֶּלֶת (ʼivveleth, iv-veh'-leth): from the same as אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl) H191; silliness; folly, foolishly(-ness).
H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל (kâçal) H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה (ʻânâh) H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה (ʻânâh) H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת (Bêyth ʻĂnôwth) H1042, בֵּית עֲנָת (Bêyth ʻĂnâth) H1043.
H7737 — שָׁוָה (shâvâh, shaw-vaw'): a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.); avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה (pânâh) H6437; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

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