Proverbs 26:17
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26:17Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,35
so is the person passing by who becomes furious36 over a quarrel not his own.
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- 35 Heb “grabs the ears of a dog. The word “wild” has been supplied in the translation to make clear that these were not domesticated pets. , to accomplish the same point, has “a mad dog,” but there is no indication of that in context. Someone who did this ran a serious risk of injury or harm. Dogs were not domestic pets in the ancient Near East; they were scavengers that ran in packs like jackals.
- 36 The word מִתְעַבֵּר (mit’abber) means “to put oneself in a fury” or “become furious” ( 720 ). The Latin version apparently assumed the verb was עָרַב (’arav), for it has the sense of “meddle” (so also , , , ). However, the reading could easily fit the verse, referring to anyone passing by who gets furious over a fight that is not his.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
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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.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Interfering in someone else’s argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.
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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.
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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.
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