Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,

New American Standard Bible

Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,

King James Version

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

International Standard Version

Don't make friends with a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,

A Conservative Version

Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,

American Standard Version

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Amplified


Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts;
Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man,

Bible in Basic English

Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

Darby Translation

Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not be companion of the possessor of anger, and with the man of wrath thou shalt not go:

King James 2000

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

Modern King James verseion

Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Make no friendship with an angry willful man, and keep no company with the furious;

NET Bible

Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

New Heart English Bible

Do not befriend a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with one who harbors anger:

The Emphasized Bible

Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:

Webster

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

World English Bible

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Youngs Literal Translation

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
man
בּעל 
Ba`al 
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 85
Usage: 692

and with a furious
חמא חמה 
Chemah 
Usage: 124

References

Context Readings

Living With Your Neighbor

23 for the Lord will take up their case
and will plunder those who plunder them.
24 Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,
25 or you will learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up conflict,
and a hot-tempered man increases rebellion.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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