Proverbs 17:14

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarreling.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Bible in Basic English ☆

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

Darby Translation ☆

The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: Therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Rightful rule gives power to words; But sedition and strife precede poverty.

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اِبْتِدَاءُ ٱلْخِصَامِ إِطْلَاقُ ٱلْمَاءِ، فَقَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْفُقَ ٱلْمُخَاصَمَةُ ٱتْرُكْهَا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရန်တွေ့စအမှုသည် ရေကန်ပေါင်ပေါက်စကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သောကြောင့်၊ ရန်မတွေ့မှီတွေ့စရာ အကြောင်းကို ရှောင်လော့။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရန်တွေ့ စ အမှုသည် ရေ ကန်ပေါင် ပေါက်စကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်သောကြောင့် ၊ ရန် မ တွေ့မှီတွေ့ စရာ အကြောင်းကို ရှောင် လော့။

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 2019 ☆

Olpungkacan a tongnah tah tui a cae sak. Te dongah tuituknah a puek hlanah huu laeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Olpungkacan a tongnah tah tui a cae sak. Te dongah tuituknah a puek hlanah huu laeh.

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。

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。

Croatian Bible ☆

Zametnuti svađu isto je kao pustiti poplavu: stoga prije nego svađa izbije, udalji se!

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Začátek svady jest, jako když kdo protrhuje vodu; protož prvé než by se zsilil svár, přestaň.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

At yppe Strid er at åbne for Vand, hold derfor inde, før Strid bryder løs.

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La komenco de malpaco estas kiel liberigo de akvo; Antaŭ ol ĝi tro vastiĝis, forlasu la malpacon.

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.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Commencer une querelle c'est ouvrir un passage à l'eau; avant qu'on en vienne à la dispute, retire-toi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Commencer une querelle, c’est ouvrir une digue; Avant que la dispute s’anime, retire-toi.

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der Anfang eines Zankes ist, wie wenn einer Wasser entfesselt; so laß den Streit, ehe er heftig wird.

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.

German Textbibel ☆

Wenn der Zank anfängt, ist's, wie wenn man Gewässer entfesselt; drum, ehe es zum Zähnefletschen kommt, laß das Streiten!

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Tropfenweise geht der Hader an; darum laß vom Zanken, ehe er losbricht!

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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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lè yon kont pete, se tankou dlo ki kase dig kannal. Anvan batay mete pye, chape kò ou.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

פֹּ֣וטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָדֹ֑ון וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֹֽושׁ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

פוטר מים ראשית מדון ולפני התגלע הריב נטוש׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Chi comincia la contesa è come chi dà apritura alle acque; Però avanti che si venga alle contumelie, lascia la questione .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Cominciare una contesa è dar la stura all’acqua; perciò ritirati prima che la lite s’inasprisca.

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

다투는 시작은 방축에서 물이 새는 것 같은즉 싸움이 일어나기 전에 시비를 그칠 것이니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mutaweyen sie akukuin oana ke sie dam tufahna srasrelik, ke ma inge tulokinya akukuin sac meet liki ac yokelik.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum, et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

ابتدای نزاع مثل رخنه کردن آب است، پس مخاصمه را ترک کن قبل از آنکه به مجادله برسد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O começo de uma contenda é como o romper de uma represa, portanto, pare a discussão antes que a briga comece.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Começar uma briga é como deixar águas rolarem; por isso, abandona a discussão antes que haja irritação.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Începutul certei este ca atunci când cineva dă drumul la ape; de aceea părăsește cearta înainte să fii amestecat în ea.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ынчепутул уней черте есте ка слобозиря унор апе; де ачея, курмэ чарта ынаинте де а се ынтеци.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Начало ссоры - как прорыв воды; оставь ссору прежде, нежели разгорелась она.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko počne svađu, otvori ustavu vodi; zato pre nego se zametne, prođi se raspre.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко почне свађу, отвори уставу води; зато пре него се заметне, прођи се распре.

Mashi Bible ☆

Okuzûsa olubanja kubà kufukulira amîshi, onacîzibuke lwo lurhacikula.

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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.

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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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.

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Khởi đầu tranh cạnh, ấy như người ta mở đường nước chảy; Vậy, khá thôi cãi lẫy trước khi đánh lộn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃