Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It is folly and shame to him.
King James Version
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Holman Bible
this is foolishness and disgrace for him.
International Standard Version
Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.
A Conservative Version
He who gives answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
American Standard Version
He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
Amplified
He who answers before he hears [the facts]—
It is folly and shame to him.
Bible in Basic English
To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
Darby Translation
He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
Julia Smith Translation
He turning back the word before he shall hear it, is folly and shame to him.
King James 2000
He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who returns a word before he will hear, folly itself [belongs] to him as well as shame.
Modern King James verseion
If one answers a matter before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.
NET Bible
The one who gives an answer before he listens -- that is his folly and his shame.
New Heart English Bible
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
The Emphasized Bible
He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.
Webster
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him.
World English Bible
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
12
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
13
It is folly and shame to him.
Cross References
John 7:51
"Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
Deuteronomy 13:14
then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you,
2 Samuel 16:4
Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king."
2 Samuel 19:24-30
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
Esther 3:10-15
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.
Esther 8:5-17
Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.
Daniel 6:9
Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.
Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.