Proverbs 26:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He who, passing by, stops to meddle with strife that is none of his business is like one who takes a dog by the ears.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Like yanking the ears of a dog, so is one who passes by and gets involved in another person’s fight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.

Proverbs 26:17 Krydshenvisninger

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Proverbs 3:30

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Luke 12:14

But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?”