Proverbs 20:3
Parallel Translations


NASB: Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, But any fool will quarrel. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Avoiding a quarrel is honorable. After all, any stubborn fool can start a fight. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
ASV: It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
BBE: It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
DBY: It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
JPS: It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be snarling.
WBS: It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
WEB: It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
YLT: An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

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