Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Righteous is he that is first in his own cause, then cometh his neighbour, and thoroughly searcheth him.
New American Standard Bible
Until
King James Version
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Holman Bible
until another comes and cross-examines him.
International Standard Version
The first to put forth his case seems right, until someone else steps forward and cross-examines him.
A Conservative Version
He who pleads his case first [seems] just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.
American Standard Version
He that pleadeth his cause first'seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.
Amplified
The first one to plead his case seems right,
Until another comes and cross-examines him.
Bible in Basic English
The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.
Darby Translation
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Julia Smith Translation
The first one just in his cause; his neighbor will come and search him.
King James 2000
He that speaks first in his own cause seems just; until his neighbor comes and examines him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.
Modern King James verseion
The first in his cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous accuseth himself first of all; if his neighbour come, he shall find him.
NET Bible
The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.
New Heart English Bible
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
Webster
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.
World English Bible
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
16 The gift of a man, maketh room for him, and, before great men, setteth him down. 17 Righteous is he that is first in his own cause, then cometh his neighbour, and thoroughly searcheth him. 18 The lot causeth, contentions, to cease, and, the mighty, it parteth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:1-3
Now, David, had passed on but a little from the summit, when lo! Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth, met him, - with a couple of asses saddled, and, upon them, two hundred cakes of bread, and one hundred cakes of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
2 Samuel 19:24-27
And, Mephibosheth, son of Saul, came down to meet the king, - he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor, his clothes, had he washed, from the day the king departed, until the day that he entered in peace.
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.
Acts 24:5-6
For, finding this man a pest, and moving sedition with all the Jews that are throughout the inhabited earth, a leader also of the sect of the Nazarenes, -
Acts 24:12-13
and neither, in the temple, found they me, with any one, disputing, or causing, a halt, of the multitude, either in the synagogues or throughout the city, -