Proverbs 20:3
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Aloof Avoid Cease Cessation Fighting Fool Foolish Honor Honour Intermeddleth Keeping Meddling Quarrel Quarreling Quarrelling Quick Rusheth Snarling Strife War
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Aloof Avoid Cease Cessation Fighting Fool Foolish Honor Honour Intermeddleth Keeping Meddling Quarrel Quarreling Quarrelling Quick Rusheth Snarling Strife War
Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

New American Standard Bible
Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, But any fool will quarrel.

King James Bible
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

International Standard Version
Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome.

NET Bible
It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
It is the glory of a man whenever he separates a dispute, and every fool mocks it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Avoiding a quarrel is honorable. After all, any stubborn fool can start a fight.

King James 2000 Bible
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

American King James Version
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

American Standard Version
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.

Darby Bible Translation
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

English Revised Version
It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.

Webster's Bible Translation
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

World English Bible
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

Young's Literal Translation
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
Lexicon
It is an honour
kabowd  (kaw-bode')
weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness -- glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
for a man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
to cease
shebeth  (sheh'-beth)
rest, interruption, cessation -- cease, sit still, loss of time.
from strife
riyb  (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
but every fool
'eviyl  (ev-eel')
(figuratively) silly -- fool(-ish) (man).
will be meddling
gala`  (gaw-lah')
to be obstinate -- (inter-)meddle (with).
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