Proverbs 18:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

He that is first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

He that is first in his owne cause, is iust: then commeth his neighbour, and maketh inquirie of him.

Noyes Bible ☆

He that first pleadeth his cause appeareth just; But his opponent cometh, and searcheth him through.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

He that is first in his cause seemeth just; but when his neighbor cometh, then will it be investigated.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, But when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

World English Bible ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World English Bible Classic ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World English Bible Updated ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World Messianic Bible ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

He that is harishon (the first) to make his case seemeth tzaddik, but his re'a cometh and doth cross-examine him.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلْأَوَّلُ فِي دَعْوَاهُ مُحِقٌّ، فَيَأْتِي رَفِيقُهُ وَيَفْحَصُهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကိုယ်အမှုကို အဦးစောင့်၍ပြောသောသူသည် ဖြောင့်မတ်ရာသို့ ရောက်သော်လည်း၊ အိမ်နီးချင်းလာ၍ စစ်ကြောတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ကိုယ် အမှု ကို အဦး စောင့်၍ပြောသောသူသည် ဖြောင့်မတ် ရာသို့ရောက်သော်လည်း၊ အိမ်နီးချင်း လာ ၍ စစ်ကြော တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Angmah kawng thui hmaloe kami loe katoeng kami baktiah amtueng; toe a imtaeng kami to angzoh moe, anih ih akawng to thuih naah ni, katoeng hoi katoeng ai to amtueng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A hui te ha pawk la ha pawk hlan tih amah a khe hlan atah, amah kah tuituknah dongah lamhma la aka dueng khaw om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A hui te ha pawk la ha pawk hlan tih amah a khe hlan atah, amah kah tuituknah dongah lamhma la aka dueng khaw om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

先诉情由的，似乎有理； 但邻舍来到，就察出实情。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

先訴情由的，似乎有理； 但鄰舍來到，就察出實情。

World Chinese Bible ☆

先陈述自己案件的，似乎有理—— 直到另一方来到盘问他。

Croatian Bible ☆

Prvi je pravedan u svojoj parnici, a kad dođe njegov protivnik, opovrgne ga.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Spravedlivý zdá se ten, kdož jest první v své při, ale když přichází bližní jeho, tedy stihá jej.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Den, der taler først i en Trætte har Ret, til den anden kommer og går ham efter.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Die de eerste is in zijn twistzaak, schijnt rechtvaardig te zijn; maar zijn naaste komt, en hij onderzoekt hem.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wie het eerst zijn zaak bepleit, krijgt gelijk; Maar dan komt zijn buur en zet hem recht.

Esperanto Bible ☆

La unua estas prava en sia proceso; Sed venas lia proksimulo kaj ĝin klarigas.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Celui qui est le premier dans son procès est juste ; son prochain vient, et l’examine.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Celui qui plaide le premier, paraît juste; mais sa partie vient et l'examine.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le premier qui parle dans sa cause paraît juste; Vient sa partie adverse, et on l’examine.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le premier qui plaide sa cause paraît avoir raison, jusqu'à ce qu'un autre vienne le soumettre à ses questions.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Der erste in seiner Streitsache hat recht; doch sein Nächster kommt und forscht ihn aus.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein jeglicher ist zuerst in seiner Sache gerecht; kommt aber sein Nächster hinzu, so findet sich's.

German Textbibel ☆

Recht hat der erste in seiner Streitsache; aber es kommt der andere und forscht ihn aus.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wer sich in seinem Prozeß zuerst verteidigen darf, hat Recht; dann kommt der andere und forscht ihn aus.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ κατήγορος ἐν πρωτολογίᾳ, ὡς δ' ἂν ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀντίδικος ἐλέγχεται.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Moun ki pale anvan nan tribinal toujou sanble li gen rezon. Lè lòt moun lan parèt, kat je kontre, manti kaba.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua pono ka mea i hoopiiia i kana olelo mua ana; Aka, hele mai kona hoanoho a imi ae i kona ano.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

צַדִּ֣יק הָרִאשֹׁ֣ון בְּרִיבֹ֑ו *יָבֹא־ (וּבָֽא)־רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ וַחֲקָרֹֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

צדיק הראשון בריבו יבא רעהו וחקרו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Chi è il primo a piatir la sua causa ha ragione; Ma il suo compagno vien poi, ed esamina quello ch'egli ha detto.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il primo a perorare la propria causa par che abbia ragione; ma vien l’altra parte, e scruta quello a fondo.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

最初に自分の訴えを述べる者は正しく見える。 しかし、相手が来て問いただすまで。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

송사에 원고의 말이 바른 것 같으나 그 피고가 와서 밝히느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ke pacl in nununku, mwet se ma sramsram meet ac lumweyuk mu el pa pwaye, nwe ke pacl se mwet se lainul uh mutawauk in kisen siyuk sel.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Justus prior est accusator sui: venit amicus ejus, et investigabit eum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

هر‌که در دعوی خود اول آید صادق می‌نماید، اما حریفش می‌آید و او را می‌آزماید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Aquele que apresenta a sua causa primeiro parece ter razão— até que outro vem e o questiona.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Aquele que primeiro mostra sua causa parece ser justo; mas somente até que outro venha, e o investigue.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Primul în propria sa cauză pare drept, dar vine aproapele său și îl cercetează.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чел каре ворбеште ынтый ын причина луй паре кэ аре дрептате, дар вине челэлалт ши-л я ла черчетаре.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Первый в тяжбе своей прав, но приходит соперник его и исследывает его.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Pravedan se čini ko je prvi u svojoj raspri, ali kad dođe bližnji njegov, ispituje se.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Праведан се чини ко је први у својој распри, али кад дође ближњи његов, испитује се.

Mashi Bible ☆

Orhangiderha aha ngombe ye bahà n’olubanja, erhi owâbo ayisha balushubiremwo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El primero en su propia causa parece justo; y su adversario viene, y le sondea.

Spanish BLL ☆

El primero en defender su causa parece tener la razón, hasta que llega su rival y lo interroga.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Justo parece el primero que aboga por su causa; pero viene su adversario, y le descubre.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El hombre que primero presenta su causa ante el juez parece tener razón; pero luego viene su vecino y pone su causa y expone la verdad.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El primero que se defiende parece ser justo, Hasta que llega su prójimo y lo investiga.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku muʻomuʻa ʻi heʻene meʻa ʻaʻana ʻoku matamata totonu: ka ʻi he haʻu ʻa hono kaungāʻapi ʻoku ne ʻahiʻahiʻi ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Первий в свойму спорі — правий, та приходить його противник, й перевірює справу.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Первий в свойму спорі — правий, та приходить його противник, й перевірює справу.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Người tiên cáo nghe như phải lẽ; Song bên đàng kia đến, bèn tra xét người.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

צַדִּ֣יק הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן בְּרִיב֑וֹ יבא־רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃