Proverbs 26:17
World English Bible (WEB)
Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
In context
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
Proverbs 26:17 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who 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.