Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 26:17
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Berean Standard Bible
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
King James Version
He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
World English Bible
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
American Standard Version
He that passeth by, [and] vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 26
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
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