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OET-LV [one_who]_takes_hold in/on/at/with_ears of_a_dog [one_who]_passes_by [who]_becomes_furious on a_dispute [which]_not to_him/it.
UHB מַחֲזִ֥יק בְּאָזְנֵי־כָ֑לֶב עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר עַל־רִ֥יב לֹּֽא־לֽוֹ׃ ‡
(maḩₐziyq bəʼāzənēy-kāleⱱ ˊoⱱēr mitˊabēr ˊal-riyⱱ loʼ-lō.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
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ULT One who grabs the ears of a dog passing by
⇔ is one who infuriates himself over a dispute not for him.
UST People who make themselves angry because of something not concerning them that other people are arguing about
⇔ are as foolish as people who cause dogs to bite them by pulling their ears when they walk by.
BSB ⇔ Like one who grabs a dog by the ears
⇔ is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
OEB ⇔ To mix in a quarrel not your own
⇔ is to catch 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.
NET Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,
⇔ so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
LSV Laying hold on the ears of a dog,
[Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
FBV Interfering in someone else's quarrel is like grabbing a stray dog by the ears.
T4T ⇔ Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him
⇔ is as foolish as [SIM] someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.
LEB • passing by is one who meddles in a quarrel that is not his own.
BBE He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife not his own, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
ASV He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him,
⇔ Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
DRA As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man’s quarrel.
YLT Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
DBY He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
RV He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
WBS He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
KJB He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.[fn]
(He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.)
26.17 meddleth: or, is enraged
BB Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
(Who so goeth/goes by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.)
GNV He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not vnto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares.
(He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not unto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares. )
CB Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife, he is like one yt taketh a dogg by ye eares.
(Who so goeth/goes by and medleth with other mens strife, he is like one it taketh a dogg by ye/you_all eares.)
WYC As he that takith a dogge bi the eeris; so he that passith, and is vnpacient, and is meddlid with the chiding of anothir man.
(As he that takith a dogge by the eeris; so he that passith, and is unpacient, and is meddlid with the chiding of another man.)
LUT Wer vorgehet und sich menget in fremden Hader, der ist wie einer, der den Hund bei den Ohren zwacket.
(Who vorgehet and itself/yourself/themselves menget in fremden Hader, the is like one, the the Hund bei the ears zwacket.)
CLV [Sicut qui apprehendit auribus canem, sic qui transit impatiens et commiscetur rixæ alterius.[fn]
([Sicut who apprehendit auribus canem, so who transit impatiens and commiscetur rixæ alterius.)
26.17 Sicut qui apprehendit. Noli verbis contendere, ad nihilum utile est nisi ad subversionem audientium. Quicunque simplex sensu est et duobus inter se jurgantibus, mordaci sermone capta ejus aure, cito incipit quasi canis latrare et contentiones generare, sed sapiens omnino vitat.
26.17 Sicut who apprehendit. Noli verbis contendere, to nihilum utile it_is nisi to subversionem audientium. Quicunque simplex sensu it_is and duobus between se yurgantibus, mordaci sermone capta his aure, cito incipit as_if canis latrare and contentiones generare, but sapiens omnino vitat.
BRN As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.
BrLXX Ὥσπερ ὁ κρατῶν κέρκου κυνὸς, οὕτως ὁ προεστὼς ἀλλοτρίας κρίσεως.
(Hōsper ho kratōn kerkou kunos, houtōs ho proestōs allotrias kriseōs. )
26:17 The wise avoid getting involved in other people’s arguments (cp. 26:21).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
מַחֲזִ֥יק בְּאָזְנֵי־כָ֑לֶב עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר עַל־רִ֥יב לֹּֽא־לֽוֹ
takes in/on/at/with,ears dog passing_by meddles on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in quarrel not to=him/it
If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “One who infuriates himself over a dispute not for him is one who grabs the ears of a dog passing by”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מַחֲזִ֥יק בְּאָזְנֵי־כָ֑לֶב עֹבֵ֥ר
takes in/on/at/with,ears dog passing_by
In this verse, Solomon refers to someone who infuriates himself over a dispute not for him as if that person were One who grabs the ears of a dog passing by. Both clauses are examples of a reckless or foolish act that would only harm the person who does it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “One who foolishly harms himself” or “Like one who grabs the ears of a dog passing by”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַחֲזִ֥יק בְּאָזְנֵי־כָ֑לֶב עֹבֵ֥ר
takes in/on/at/with,ears dog passing_by
Here, Solomon implies that grabbing the ears of a dog is a reckless or foolish act because the the dog will react by biting the person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “One who foolishly causes a dog to bite him by grabbing its ears”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
כָ֑לֶב
dog
See how you translated dog in 26:11.
עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר
passing_by meddles
The word translated as passing by can also mean “one passing by,” in which case it would refer to one who infuriates and be part of the second clause. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT. Alternate translation (preceded by a comma): “is one passing by who infuriates himself”
לֹּֽא־לֽוֹ
not to=him/it
Alternate translation: “not about him” or “that he has nothing to do with”