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Proverbs 25:9
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KJ21
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, and disclose not a secret to another,
ASV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;
AMP
Argue your case with your neighbor himself [before you go to court]; And do not reveal another’s secret,
AMPC
Argue your cause with your neighbor himself; discover not and disclose not another’s secret,
BRG
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
CSB
Make your case with your opponent without revealing another’s secret;
CSBA
Make your case with your opponent without revealing another’s secret;
CEB
Argue it out with your neighbor, and don’t give away someone’s secret.
CJB
Discuss your dispute with your neighbor, but don’t reveal another person’s secrets.
CEV
When you and someone else can't get along, don't gossip about it.
DARBY
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
DRA
Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:
ERV
If you want to tell your friends about your own problems, tell them. But don’t discuss what someone told you in private.
EASY
If you argue with your neighbour, do not tell his secrets to other people.
EHV
Argue your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal someone else’s secret.
ESV
Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret,
ESVUK
Argue your case with your neighbour himself, and do not reveal another's secret,
EXB
·If you have an argument with [L Make your accusations against] your neighbor, ·don’t tell other people what was said [keep it a secret from others].
GNV
Debate thy matter with thy neighbor, and discover not the secret to another,
GW
Present your argument to your neighbor, but do not reveal another person’s secret.
GNT
If you and your neighbor have a difference of opinion, settle it between yourselves and do not reveal any secrets.
HCSB
Make your case with your opponent without revealing another’s secret;
ICB
If you have an argument with your neighbor, don’t tell other people what was said.
ISV
Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor, and don’t betray another person’s confidence.
JUB
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself and do not uncover the secret to another
KJV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
AKJV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
LSB
Plead your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another,
LEB
Argue your argument with your neighbor himself, the secret of another do not disclose,
TLB
Don’t be hotheaded and rush to court! You may start something you can’t finish and go down before your neighbor in shameful defeat. So discuss the matter with him privately. Don’t tell anyone else, lest he accuse you of slander and you can’t withdraw what you said.
MSG
In the heat of an argument, don’t betray confidences; Word is sure to get around, and no one will trust you.
MEV
Debate your cause with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose a secret to another;
NOG
Present your argument to your neighbor, but do not reveal another person’s secret.
NABRE
Argue your own case with your neighbor, but the secrets of others do not disclose;
NASB
Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another,
NASB1995
Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another,
NCB
Argue your case with your neighbor but do not disclose another’s secret,
NCV
If you have an argument with your neighbor, don’t tell other people what was said.
NET
When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
NIRV
If you take your neighbor to court, don’t tell others any secrets you promised to keep.
NIV
If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence,
NIVUK
If you take your neighbour to court, do not betray another’s confidence,
NKJV
Debate your case with your neighbor, And do not disclose the secret to another;
NLV
Argue your side of the problem with your neighbor, but do not tell the secret of another.
NLT
When arguing with your neighbor, don’t betray another person’s secret.
NRSVA
Argue your case with your neighbour directly, and do not disclose another’s secret;
NRSVACE
Argue your case with your neighbour directly, and do not disclose another’s secret;
NRSVCE
Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret;
NRSVUE
Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret,
OJB
Plead thy cause with thy re’a himself; and betray not a sod (confidence) to another,
RGT
Debate your matter with your neighbor, and do not reveal the secret to another,
RSV
Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose another’s secret;
RSVCE
Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose another’s secret;
TLV
Argue your case with your associate, without betraying another’s confidence,
VOICE
Instead, discuss the matter directly with your neighbor, but in doing so, remember never to reveal another person’s secrets;
WEB
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,
WYC
Treat thy cause with thy friend, and show thou not (a) private (matter) to a strange man;
YLT
Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,
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