Proverbs 25:8 - The Message Don’t jump to conclusions—there may be a perfectly good explanation for what you just saw. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame. [Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25.] American Standard Version (1901) Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. Common English Bible don’t be quick to quarrel over; what will you do in the future when your neighbor shames you? Catholic Public Domain Version The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend. |