Proverbs 17:14
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Proverbs 17:14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.





BSB:  To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
KJV:  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
DRB:  The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.
DBT:  The beginning of contention is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
ERV:  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.
WBT:  The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.
WEB:  The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
YLT:  The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.
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