Parallel PRO 18:17

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BSB  ⇔ The first to state his case seems right
⇔ until another comes and cross-examines him.

OEB The first man to plead seems right,
⇔ but then comes the other and tests him.

WEB He who pleads his cause first seems right—
⇔ until another comes and questions him.

NET The first to state his case seems right,
 ⇔ until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

LSV The first in his own cause [seems] righteous,
[But] his neighbor comes and has searched him.

FBV The first person to plead a case sounds right until someone comes to cross-examine them.

T4T  ⇔ The first person to present his case in court seems right,
⇔ but when ◄someone else/his opponent► begins to ask him questions, it may become clear that what he said was not true.

LEB  • deemed righteous, but his neighbor will come and examine him.

BBE The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

ASV He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
 ⇔ But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

DRA The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.

YLT Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

DBY He that is first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

RV He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

WBS He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

KJB He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
  (He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh/comes and searcheth him.)

BB The righteous declareth his owne cause first him selfe, and his neighbour commeth and tryeth hym.
  (The righteous declareth his own cause first himself, and his neighbour cometh/comes and tryeth him.)

GNV He that is first in his owne cause, is iust: then commeth his neighbour, and maketh inquirie of him.
  (He that is first in his own cause, is iust: then cometh/comes his neighbour, and maketh inquirie of him.)

CB The righteous accuseth hi self first of all, yf his neghbor come, he shal fynde him.
  (The righteous accuseth hi self first of all, if his neghbor come, he shall find him.)

WYC A iust man is the first accusere of hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hym.
  (A just man is the first accusere of himself; his frend cometh/comes, and shall serche him.)

LUT Der Gerechte ist seiner Sache zuvor gewiß; kommt sein Nächster, so findet er ihn also.
  (The Gerechte is his Sache zuvor gewiß; kommt his Nächster, so finds he him/it also.)

CLV Justus prior est accusator sui: venit amicus ejus, et investigabit eum.
  (Yustus prior it_is accusator sui: he_came amicus eyus, and investigabit eum.)

BRN A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

BrLXX Δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος ἐν πρωτολογίᾳ, ὡς δʼ ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐλέγχεται.
  (Dikaios heautou kataʸgoros en prōtologia, hōs dʼ an epibalaʸ ho antidikos elegⱪetai.)