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Proverbs 26:17

Conflict and reconciliationWisdom

15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

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BSB
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
KJV
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
WEB
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
ASV
He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
DARBY
He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
BLB
One grabbing hold on the ears of a dog passing by, [is] a passerby in a quarrel not unto him.
ÅB
Lik den som tar fatt i øret på en hund som løper forbi, er den som lar seg egge til vrede over en trette som ikke kommer ham ved.
OTB
Som en som griper en hund i ørene er den som blander seg i en krangel som ikke er hans egen.
B1930
Lik den som tar fatt i øret på en hund som løper forbi, er den som lar sig egge til vrede over en trette som ikke kommer ham ved.

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