Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.

New American Standard Bible

He who gives an answer before he hears,
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

The one who gives an answer before he listens—
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

a matter
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

it, it is folly
אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

and shame
כּלמּה 
K@limmah 
Usage: 30

References

Fausets

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

12 After pride cometh destruction; and honour after lowliness. 13 He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded. 14 A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it?

Cross References

John 7:51

"Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him and know what he hath done?"

Deuteronomy 13:14

Then seek and make search and enquire diligently. If it be true, and the thing of a surety that such abomination is wrought among you:

2 Samuel 16:4

Then said the king to Ziba, "Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth." And Ziba answered, "I beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight my lord king."

2 Samuel 19:24-30

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet nor shaved his beard nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, until he came again in peace.

Esther 3:10-15

Then took the king his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

Esther 8:5-17

and said, "If it please the king, and if I have found grace in his sight, and if it be convenient for the king, and if it be accepted in his sight, then let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, may be called again: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Jews in all the king's lands.

Job 29:16

I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go about with vows.

Daniel 6:9

So Darius made the writing, and confirmed it.

Daniel 6:14

When the king heard these words, he was sore grieved, and would have excused Daniel, to deliver him, and put off the matter until the sun went down, to the intent that he might save him.

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