American Standard Version (1901)
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
Proverbs 17:14
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarreling.
Asang Khongca Bible
Angzoehhaih loe kamsah tui hoiah anghmong; to pongah angzoehhaih om ai naah to hmuen to toengh sut ah.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Olpungkacan a tongnah tah tui a cae sak. Te dongah tuituknah a puek hlanah huu laeh.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Olpungkacan a tongnah tah tui a cae sak. Te dongah tuituknah a puek hlanah huu laeh.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
E like me ka hookahe ana o ka wai, Pela ka hoomaka ana o ka hakaka; Nolaila, e oki e i ka hakaka mamua o kona mahuahua ana.
English Berean Standard Bible
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Lè yon kont pete, se tankou dlo ki kase dig kannal. Anvan batay mete pye, chape kò ou.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum, et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.]
Bible in Basic English
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
Le commencement d’une querelle, c’est comme quand on laisse couler des eaux ; avant que la dispute s’échauffe, va-t’en.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Začátek svady jest, jako když kdo protrhuje vodu; protož prvé než by se zsilil svár, přestaň.
Kosraean Bible
Mutaweyen sie akukuin oana ke sie dam tufahna srasrelik, ke ma inge tulokinya akukuin sac meet liki ac yokelik.
World Portuguese Bible
O começo de uma contenda é como o romper de uma represa, portanto, pare a discussão antes que a briga comece.
Romanian BTF Bible
Începutul certei este ca atunci când cineva dă drumul la ape; de aceea părăsește cearta înainte să fii amestecat în ea.
Brenton English Septuagint
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ရန်တွေ့စအမှုသည် ရေကန်ပေါင်ပေါက်စကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သောကြောင့်၊ ရန်မတွေ့မှီတွေ့စရာ အကြောင်းကို ရှောင်လော့။
Darby Translation
The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Der Anfang eines Zankes ist, wie wenn einer Wasser entfesselt; so laß den Streit, ehe er heftig wird.
Dutch Bible 1917
Het begin des krakeels is gelijk een, die het water opening geeft; daarom verlaat den twist, eer hij zich vermengt.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Als ruzie ontstaat, is het hek van de dam; Bind dus in, voor de twist losbarst.
Italian Diodati Bible
Chi comincia la contesa è come chi dà apritura alle acque; Però avanti che si venga alle contumelie, lascia la questione .
Douay-Rheims 1899
The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.
Geneva Bible 1599
The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.
Noyes Bible
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; Therefore leave off contention before it rolleth onward.
Danish Bible 1931
At yppe Strid er at åbne for Vand, hold derfor inde, før Strid bryder løs.
Leeser Tanakh
As one letteth loose [a stream] of water, so is the beginning of strife: therefore before it be enkindled, leave off the contest.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.
King James Version
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Khởi đầu tranh cạnh, ấy như người ta mở đường nước chảy; Vậy, khá thôi cãi lẫy trước khi đánh lộn.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Revised West Version
Ko e kamataʻanga ʻoe feʻiteʻitani ʻoku hangē ko e fakapā mai ʻo ha vai: ko ia ke tuku ʻā ʻae fekeʻikeʻi ʻi he teʻeki ai hoko ha meʻa.
French Ostervald Bible
Commencer une querelle c'est ouvrir un passage à l'eau; avant qu'on en vienne à la dispute, retire-toi.
Esperanto Bible
La komenco de malpaco estas kiel liberigo de akvo; Antaŭ ol ĝi tro vastiĝis, forlasu la malpacon.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Commencer une querelle, c’est ouvrir une digue; Avant que la dispute s’anime, retire-toi.
German Luther Bible 1912
Wer Hader anfängt, ist gleich dem, der dem Wasser den Damm aufreißt. Laß du vom Hader, ehe du drein gemengt wirst.
LXX2012 U. S. English
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
British English Septuagint 2012
Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
Majority Standard BIble
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Webster Bible
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
Revised Version
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.
Italian Riveduta Bible
Cominciare una contesa è dar la stura all’acqua; perciò ritirati prima che la lite s’inasprisca.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Commencer une querelle, c'est comme rompre une digue ; arrête donc la dispute avant qu'elle ne s'envenime.
Reina Valera 1909
El que comienza la pendencia es como quien suelta las aguas: deja pues la porfía, antes que se enmarañe.
Spanish BLL
Comenzar un pleito es como abrir una brecha en una presa; mejor deja la pelea antes de que estalle el conflicto.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
El que comienza la contienda es como quien suelta las aguas; deja, pues, la porfía antes que se enrede el pleito.
Croatian Bible
Zametnuti svađu isto je kao pustiti poplavu: stoga prije nego svađa izbije, udalji se!
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Ko počne svađu, otvori ustavu vodi; zato pre nego se zametne, prođi se raspre.
German Textbibel
Wenn der Zank anfängt, ist's, wie wenn man Gewässer entfesselt; drum, ehe es zum Zähnefletschen kommt, laß das Streiten!
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Rightful rule gives power to words; But sedition and strife precede poverty.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃
World English Bible
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
World English Bible British Edition
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.
World English Bible Classic
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
World English Bible Updated
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
World Messianic Bible
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.
Young's Literal Translation
The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
SEPTUAGINTA
ἐξουσίαν δίδωσι λόγοις ἀρχὴ δικαιοσύνης, προηγεῖται δὲ τῆς ἐνδείας στάσις καὶ μάχη.
Brenton Septuagint
Ἐξουσίαν δίδωσι λόγοις ἀρχὴ δικαιοσύνης, προηγεῖται δὲ τῆς ἐνδείας στάσις καὶ μάχη.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Ынчепутул уней черте есте ка слобозиря унор апе; де ачея, курмэ чарта ынаинте де а се ынтеци.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Почин до сварки — як прірва води; покинь же сварку, нїм ще розгорілась.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Почин до сварки — як прірва води; покинь же сварку, нїм ще розгорілась.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Ко почне свађу, отвори уставу води; зато пре него се заметне, прођи се распре.
Russian Synodal Bible
Начало ссоры - как прорыв воды; оставь ссору прежде, нежели разгорелась она.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
פֹּ֣וטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָדֹ֑ון וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֹֽושׁ׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
פוטר מים ראשית מדון ולפני התגלע הריב נטוש׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
اِبْتِدَاءُ ٱلْخِصَامِ إِطْلَاقُ ٱلْمَاءِ، فَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْفُقَ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَةُ ٱتْرُكْهَا.
Old Persion Version Bible
ابتدای نزاع مثل رخنه کردن آب است، پس مخاصمه را ترک کن قبل از آنکه به مجادله برسد.
Judson Burmese Bible
ရန်တွေ့ စ အမှုသည် ရေ ကန်ပေါင် ပေါက်စကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်သောကြောင့် ၊ ရန် မ တွေ့မှီတွေ့ စရာ အကြောင်းကို ရှောင် လော့။
Korean Bible 1910
다투는 시작은 방축에서 물이 새는 것 같은즉 싸움이 일어나기 전에 시비를 그칠 것이니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
争いの始まりは、堤を切って水を放つようなもの。 口論になる前に手を引け。
World Chinese Bible
纷争的开始如同决堤； 所以争吵爆发以前，要止息争端。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
纷争的起头 如水放开， 所以，在争闹之先必当止息争竞。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
紛爭的起頭 如水放開， 所以，在爭鬧之先必當止息爭競。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
Começar uma briga é como deixar águas rolarem; por isso, abandona a discussão antes que haja irritação.
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Mashi Bible
Okuzûsa olubanja kubà kufukulira amîshi, onacîzibuke lwo lurhacikula.
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Tropfenweise geht der Hader an; darum laß vom Zanken, ehe er losbricht!
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
El comienzo de la lucha es como dejar salir el agua: así que ríndete antes de recibir golpes.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
El que comienza una contienda suelta las aguas. Desiste, pues, antes que estalle el pleito.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The beginning of madon (strife) is like releasing mayim, therefore stop contention before a quarrel begins.
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