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Proverbs 25:8

Christian Standard Bible

8 Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterward if your opponent humiliates you?

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American Standard Version

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.

English Standard Version

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

King James Version

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.

New American Standard Bible

Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you?

New International Version

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

New King James Version

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

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?

World English Bible

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