Matthew Henry · Verses 8–10
To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter.
Proverbs 25:8
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
World English Bible
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WEBBE
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbour shames you?
BSB
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
KJV
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.
ASV
Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
BBE
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?
Original Hebrew
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אַל־
'al-
may not
H408
תֵּצֵא
te·tze'
you go forth
H3318
לָרִב
la·riv
to contest a lawsuit
H7378
מַהֵר
ma·her
quickly
H4118
פֶּן
pen
lest
H6435
מַה־
mah-
what
H4100
תַּעֲשֶׂה
ta·'a·seh
will you do
H6213
בְּאַחֲרִיתָהּ
be·'a·cha·ri·tah
at end its
H319
בְּהַכְלִים
be·hakh·lim
when puts to shame
H3637
אֹתְךָ
'o·te·kha
(marks the object) you
H853
רֵעֶךָ
re·'e·kha
neighbor your
H7453
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