And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Proverbs 18:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, It is folly and shame unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who answers a matter before he hears the facts–it is folly and shame to him. [John 7:51.] American Standard Version (1901) He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him. Common English Bible Those who answer before they listen are foolish and disgraceful. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever responds before he listens, demonstrates himself to be foolish and deserving of confusion. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion. |
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.
I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to rescue him.
Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;