Proverbs 18:17
Proverbs 18:17 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,
until someone comes forward and cross-examines.
Proverbs 18:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)
17 The one who states his case first seems right,
until the other comes and examines him.
Proverbs 18:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just;
But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs 18:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 The first to speak in court sounds right—
until the cross-examination begins.
Proverbs 18:17 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 The person who tells one side of a story seems right,
until someone else comes and asks questions.
Proverbs 18:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.
Proverbs 18:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs 18:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 The first to state his case seems right
⸤until⸥ his neighbor comes to cross-examine him.
Proverbs 18:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 The first to state his case seems right
until another comes and cross-examines him.
Proverbs 18:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 The one who first states a case seems right,
until the other comes and cross-examines.
Proverbs 18:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 The first in his dispute is deemed righteous,
but his neighbor will come and examine him.
Proverbs 18:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 The first one to tell his case seems right.
Then someone else comes forward and questions him.
Proverbs 18:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 The first to plead his case seems right,
Until another comes and examines him.