17Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.


In Context

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows

19 is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

Proverbs 26:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:17As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:17Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:17He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.