American Standard Version
"Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. "
— Proverbs 25:8, American Standard 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.”
“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 wickedfrombefore the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:
For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.
Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;
Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.