Verse List for PROV 18:13

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Someone who answers before they’ve even listened ⇔ → is being foolish and shameful.

OET-LV one _who_brings _back a _message before_before he _listens is_folly it to_him/it and_ignominy.

ULT One who returns a word before he listens, ⇔ it, is folly to him and shame.

UST It is foolish and shameful ⇔  for someone to reply to what a person has said before hearing it.

BSB & MSB He who answers a matter before he hears [it]— ⇔  this [is] folly and disgrace to him.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB He who answers before he hears, ⇔  that is folly and shame to him.

NET The one who gives an answer before he listens – ⇔ that is his folly and his shame.

LSV Whoever is answering a matter before he hears,
It is folly to him—and shame.

FBV Replying before hearing is stupidity and shame.

T4T ⇔  Those who reply to someone before that person has finished speaking are foolish; ⇔  doing that is disgraceful.

LEB • He who returns a word before he will hear,
• folly itself belongs to him as well as[fn] shame.

BBE To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

Moff To answer a question before you have heard it ⇔  is silly and shameful.

JPS He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and confusion unto him.

ASV He that giveth answer before he heareth, ⇔ It is folly and shame unto him.

DRA He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.

YLT Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

Drby He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.

RV He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
(He that giveth/gives answer before he heareth/hears, it is folly and shame unto him.)

SLT He turning back the word before he shall hear it, is folly and shame to him.

Wbstr He that answereth a matter before he heareth it , it is folly and shame to him.

KJB-1769 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.[fn]
(He that answereth a matter before he heareth/hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.)

KJB-1611 [fn]He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame vnto him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame.
(He that giveth/gives sentence in a matter before he hear it, the same to him is folly and shame.)

Gnva He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.
(He that answereth a matter before he hear it, it is folly and shame unto him.)

Cvdl He that geueth sentece in a matter before he heare it, is a foole, and worthy to be confounded.
(He that giveth/gives sentece in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.)

Wycl He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe.
(He that answerith before that he heareth/hears, shewith himself to be a fool; and worthy of harm/trouble.)

Luth Wer antwortet, ehe er höret, dem ist‘s Narrheit und Schande.
(Who answers, before he hear, to_him it_is folly and shame/dishonour.)

ClVg Qui prius respondet quam audiat, stultum se esse demonstrat, et confusione dignum.[fn]
(Who first/before responds how hear, stupidity himself to_be demonstrates, and confusion worthy.)

UHB מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּ⁠טֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗⁠וֹ וּ⁠כְלִמָּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὃς ἀποκρίνεται λόγον πρὶν ἀκοῦσαι, ἀφροσύνη αὐτῷ ἐστι καὶ ὄνειδος.

BrTr Whoso answers a word before he hears a cause, it is folly and reproach to him.