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Proverbs 26:17

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17Like one who takes a dog by the ears

Is he who passes by and 1meddles with astrife not belonging to him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit infuriates himself

Cross references

  1. aProv 3:30

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own

is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears

is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his

is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

NLTNew Living Translation

Interfering in someone else’s argument

is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Grabbing onto the ears of a dog

passing by is one who meddles in a quarrel that is not his own.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him,

Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.