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Proverbs 3:30

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3:30Do not accuse91 anyone92 without legitimate cause,93

if he has not treated you wrongly.

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Proverbs 3:30: Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

Footnotes

  1. 91 The term רִיב (riv) can mean “quarrel” or “legal accusation” ( 936 ). Both ideas would work but the more technical legal accusation fits the context better. This is a warning to not bring legal accusations against anyone without a legitimate reason.
  2. 92 Heb “a man.”
  3. 93 Heb “gratuitously”; , “for no (+ good ) reason.” The adverb חִנָּם (khinam) means “without cause, undeservedly,” especially of groundless hostility ( 3; 336 c).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not contend with a man for no reason,

when he has done you no harm.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not accuse anyone for no reason—

when they have done you no harm.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,

when he has done you no harm.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t pick a fight without reason,

when no one has done you harm.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,

when he did not do you harm.

KJV 1900King James Version

Strive not with a man without cause,

If he have done thee no harm.