Proverbs 26:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
In context
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!”
Proverbs 26:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.