Verse List for PROV 18:17

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The first person to state their case sounds right, ⇔ → until their opponent cross-examines them.

OET-LV is_righteous the_first in_case _of_his wwww[fn] his/its_neighbour and_he_will _examine _him.

ULT The first one with his case, is right; ⇔ then his neighbor comes and examines him.

UST People who state their cases first seem to be right ⇔  until people whom they know arrive and question them.

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

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • The first in his dispute is 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.

Moff The man who pleads first seems to be in the right ⇔  then comes the other man and sifts his case.

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.

Drby 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.
(He that pleadeth/leads his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh/comes and searcheth him out.)

SLT The first one just in his cause; his neighbor will come and search him.

Wbstr He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.

KJB-1769 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.)

KJB-1611 He that is first in his owne cause, seemeth iust; but his neighbour commeth and searcheth him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 trieth/tries him.)

Gnva 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 just: then cometh/comes his neighbour, and maketh/makes enquirie of him.)

Cvdl 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.)

Wycl 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 friend cometh/comes, and shall serche him.)

Luth Der Gerechte ist seiner Sache zuvor gewiß; kommt sein Nächster, so findet er ihn also.
(The righteous_(one) is his matter before certainly; comes be Nächster, so finds he him/it also.)

ClVg Justus prior est accusator sui: venit amicus ejus, et investigabit eum.[fn]
(Just prior it_is accusesor self: he_came a_friend his/her, and investigabit him.)

UHB צַדִּ֣יק הָ⁠רִאשׁ֣וֹן בְּ⁠רִיב֑⁠וֹ וּבָֽא־רֵ֝עֵ֗⁠הוּ [fn] וַ⁠חֲקָרֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος ἐν πρωτολογίᾳ, ὡς δʼ ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐλέγχεται.

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