Proverbs 25:8–9
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8Don’t take a matter to court hastily. i
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent jhumiliates you?
9Make your case with your opponent k
without revealing another’s secret; l
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
do not hastily bring into court,
for what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another’s secret,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
do not bring hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?
If you take your neighbor to court,
do not betray another’s confidence,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?
Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;
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NLTNew Living Translation
don’t be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?
When arguing with your neighbor,
don’t betray another person’s secret.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
do not hastily bring out to court,
for what will you do at its end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Argue your argument with your neighbor himself,
the secret of another do not disclose,
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King 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.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself;
And discover not a secret to another:
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