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Proverbs 25:7-9
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:7-9
English Standard Version
7 for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
What your eyes have seen
8 (B)do not hastily bring into court,[a]
for[b] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
9 (C)Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another's secret,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Or presence of a noble, as your eyes have seen. 8 Do not go hastily out to court
- Proverbs 25:8 Hebrew or else
Proverbs 25:7-9
New International Version
Proverbs 25:7-9
New International Version
7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.
What you have seen with your eyes
8 do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?(B)
9 If you take your neighbor to court,
do not betray another’s confidence,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8 Do not go
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