(A)Do not go hastily to [a]court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit

    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

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58 (A)When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort (B)along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.(A)

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58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

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59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(A)

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59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

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