Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. New Living Translation Interfering in someone else’s argument is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears. English Standard Version Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. Berean Standard Bible Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. King James Bible He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. New King James Version He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own Is like one who takes a dog by the ears. New American Standard Bible Like one who takes a dog by the ears, So is one who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him. NASB 1995 Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him. NASB 1977 Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him. Legacy Standard Bible Like one who seizes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and becomes passionate about strife not belonging to him. Amplified Bible Like one who grabs a dog by the ears [and is likely to be bitten] Is he who, passing by, stops to meddle with a dispute that is none of his business. Christian Standard Bible A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears. Holman Christian Standard Bible A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that meddles in a case that is not his is like he that takes a dog by its ears. Brenton Septuagint Translation As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause. Contemporary English Version It's better to take hold of a mad dog by the ears than to take part in someone else's argument. Douay-Rheims Bible As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel. English Revised Version He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] grabbing a dog by the ears, [so] is a bystander who gets involved in someone else's quarrel. Good News Translation Getting involved in an argument that is none of your business is like going down the street and grabbing a dog by the ears. International Standard Version Picking up a dog by the ears— that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight. JPS Tanakh 1917 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife not his own, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Literal Standard Version Laying hold on the ears of a dog, | [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own. Majority Standard Bible Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. New American Bible Whoever meddles in the quarrel of another is one who grabs a passing dog by the ears. NET Bible Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own. New Revised Standard Version Like somebody who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another. New Heart English Bible Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. Webster's Bible Translation He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. World English Bible Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own. Young's Literal Translation Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Similitudes and Instructions…16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly. 17Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. 18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,… Cross References Proverbs 3:30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm. Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, Treasury of Scripture He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears. passeth Proverbs 17:11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. Proverbs 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. meddleth or is enraged Jump to Previous Belonging Business Dog Dog's Ears Fight Gets Hold Laying Making Mixed Passer-By Passes Passeth Passing Quarrel Seizes Strife WrathJump to Next Belonging Business Dog Dog's Ears Fight Gets Hold Laying Making Mixed Passer-By Passes Passeth Passing Quarrel Seizes Strife WrathProverbs 26 1. observations about fools13. about sluggards 17. and about contentious busybodies (17) Meddleth with strife.--Rather, that is excited with strife. If quarrelling and taking revenge on our own account are forbidden (Romans 12:18-19), how much more is the mixing up of ourselves in the disputes of other persons. Like one that taketh a dog by the ears.--Who deserves to be bitten for his pains, the usual result of interfering in quarrels. Verses 17-28. - A series of proverbs connected more or less with peacefulness and its opposite. Verse 17. - He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him. "Meddleth with strife" should be "vexes, excites himself, with a quarrel." Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears, and thus needlessly provokes him to bark and bite. Regarding the position of the two participles in this verse, without any connecting link, Delitzsch takes "passing by" as attributed to the dog, thus: "He seizes by the ears a dog passing by, who is excited by a strife that concerns him not." The stray dog corresponds to the quarrel with which one has nothing to do. The present accentuation does not support this view; otherwise it is suitable and probable. Septuagint, "As he who lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he who sets himself forth as champion in another's cause." Ecclus. 11:9, "Strive not in a matter that concerns thee not." Says a Greek gnome -Πολυπραγμονεῖν τὰλλότρια μὴ βοῦλου κακά Our English proverb says, "He that intermeddles with all things may go shoe the goslings." The Telugu compares such interference to a monkey holding a snake in his paw; it is hard to hold, dangerous to let go (Lane). Hebrew Like one who grabsמַחֲזִ֥יק (ma·ḥă·zîq) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer a dog כָ֑לֶב (ḵā·leḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3611: A dog, a male prostitute by the ears בְּאָזְנֵי־ (bə·’ā·zə·nê-) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear is a passer-by עֹבֵ֥ר (‘ō·ḇêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on who meddles מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר (miṯ·‘ab·bêr) Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a quarrel רִ֥יב (rîḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute not his own. לֹּֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Links Proverbs 26:17 NIVProverbs 26:17 NLT Proverbs 26:17 ESV Proverbs 26:17 NASB Proverbs 26:17 KJV Proverbs 26:17 BibleApps.com Proverbs 26:17 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:17 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:17 French Bible Proverbs 26:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:17 Like one who grabs a dog's ears (Prov. 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