American King James Version
" Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame. "
— Proverbs 25:8, American King James Version
“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
“Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. ”
“Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?”
“Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?”
“The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.”
“Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?”
“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
For better it is that it be said to you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your infamy turn not away.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.