Verse Comparison: Proverbs 25:8
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® Bible
Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Contemporary English Version
before you sue someone, or you might lose your case and be embarrassed.
Darby English 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.
Good News Bible
Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen. If another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then?
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.
New American Standard Bible
Do not go out hastily to argue {your case;} Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you?
New International Version
do not bring hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?
New King James Version
Do not go hastily to court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you?
Revised Standard Version
do not hastily bring into court; for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Young's Literal Translation
Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
