Matthew Henry · Verse 17
To make ourselves busy in other men's matters, is to thrust ourselves into temptation.
Proverbs 26:17
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
BSB
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
KJV
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
ASV
He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
BBE
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
Original Hebrew
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מַחֲזִיק
ma·cha·zik
[one who] takes hold
H2388
בְּאָזְנֵי־
be·'a·ze·nei-
on [the] ears of
H241
כָלֶב
kha·lev
a dog
H3611
עֹבֵר
'o·ver
a passer by
H5674
מִתְעַבֵּר
mit·'a·ber
[who] becomes angry
H5674
עַל־
'al-
on
H5921
רִיב
riv
a dispute
H7379
לֹּא־
lo'-
[which] not
H3808
לוֹ
lo
[belongs] to him
H9033
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