Proverbs 25:8

⁸ 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.

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Other Translations of Proverbs 25:8

New International Version

⁸ do not bringOr "nobles " / "on whom you had set your eyes. " / 8"Do not go" hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

English Standard Version

⁸ do not hastily bring into court, forHebrew or else what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

The Message

⁸ Don't jump to conclusions - there may be a perfectly good explanation for what you just saw.

New King James Version

⁸ Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?

New Living Translation

⁸ don't be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:8

Commentary on Proverbs 25:8-10

(Read Proverbs 25:8-10)

To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter.