Proverbs 25:10
8 do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
- KJV
- Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
- WEB
- lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
- ASV
- Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
- DARBY
- lest he that heareth [it] disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
- BLB
- lest the one hearing [it] should bring shame to you, and your defamation shall not turn back.
- ÅB
- for at ikke den som hører det, skal skjelle deg ut, og ditt dårlige rykte vare ved!
- OTB
- for at den som hører det ikke skal sette deg i skam, og ditt rykte bli ødelagt.
- B1930
- forat ikke den som hører det, skal skjelle dig ut, og ditt dårlige rykte vare ved!