Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Do not go forth to strive in haste, - lest thou know not what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.
New American Standard Bible
When your neighbor humiliates you?
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.
Holman Bible
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent
International Standard Version
don't be in a hurry to argue in court. Otherwise, what will you do later on when your neighbor humiliates you?
A Conservative Version
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
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.
Amplified
Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?
Bible in Basic English
Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not go forth hastily to strive, lest what thou shalt do in its latter state in thy neighbor putting thee to shame.
King James 2000
Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Lexham Expanded Bible
do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Modern King James verseion
Do not go forth quickly to fight, lest you know not what to do in the end of it, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.
NET Bible
Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
New Heart English Bible
Do not be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Youngs Literal Translation
Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
Themes
Adjudication at law » To be avoided
Compromise » Before litigation, encouraged
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Litigation to be avoided
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
7 For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld. 8 Do not go forth to strive in haste, - lest thou know not what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame. 9 Thy contention, urge thou with thy neighbour, and, the secret of another, do not reveal:
Cross References
Matthew 5:25
Be making agreement with thine adversary, quickly, while thou art with him, in the way, - lest once thine adversary deliver thee up unto the judge, and the judge, unto the officer, and, into prison, thou be cast.
Proverbs 17:14
A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!
Proverbs 18:6
the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.
Proverbs 30:33
Surely, the pressing of milk, bringeth forth curd, and, the pressing of the nose, bringeth forth blood, and, the pressing of wrath, bringeth forth strife.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so, - What then can ye do as to her latter end?
Luke 14:31-32
Or, what king, moving on to encounter, another king, in battle, will not sit down first and take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who, with twenty thousand, is coming against him.
2 Samuel 2:14-16
Then said Abner unto Joab, Let the young men arise, I pray thee, and make sport before us. And Joab said - Let them arise.
2 Samuel 2:26
then Abner cried aloud unto Joab, and said - To the uttermost, must the sword devour? Dost thou not well know that, bitter, shall it be, in the latter end? How long, then, wilt thou not bid the people turn back from pursuing their own brethren?
2 Kings 14:8-12
Then, sent Amaziah messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, - Come now, let us look one another in the face.