8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?


In Context

5 Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

6 Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

7 For better that he hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

9 Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

10 Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

Proverbs 25:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:8do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:8The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest after- ward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.