Proverbs 20:3
King James Version (KJV)
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
In context
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 20:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- WEB World English Bible
- It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- ASV American Standard Version
- It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.