Proverbs 29:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

Young's Literal Translation
A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

King James Bible
[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

Hebrew
If a wise
חָכָ֗ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2450: Wise

man
אִֽישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

goes to court
נִ֭שְׁפָּט (niš·pāṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

a fool,
אֱוִ֑יל (’ĕ·wîl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 191: Foolish

there will be raving
וְרָגַ֥ז (wə·rā·ḡaz)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7264: To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed

and laughing
וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק (wə·śā·ḥaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play

with no
וְאֵ֣ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

resolution.
נָֽחַת׃ (nā·ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5183: A descent, imposition, unfavorable, favorable, restfulness

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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