Proverbs 25:8
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25:8Do not go out hastily to litigation,14
or15 what will you do afterward
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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- 14 Heb “do not go out hastily to strive”; the verb “to strive” means dispute in the legal context. The last clause of v. 7, “what your eyes have seen,” does fit very well with the initial clause of v. 8. It would then say: What you see, do not take hastily to court, but if the case was not valid, he would end up in disgrace. The Hebrew verb רִיב (riv) is often used in legal contexts; here the warning is not to go to court hastily lest it turn out badly.
- 15 The clause begins with פֶּן (pen, “lest”) which seems a bit out of place in this line. C. H. Toy suggests changing it to כִּי (ki, “for”) to make a better connection, instead of supplying an ellipsis: “lest it be said what …” (Proverbs [], ).
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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