Proverbs 14:17

NETBible

A person who has a quick temper 1  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes 2  is hated. 3 

NIV ©

A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.

NASB ©

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.

NLT ©

Those who are short–tempered do foolish things, and schemers are hated.

MSG ©

The hotheaded do things they'll later regret; the coldhearted get the cold shoulder.

BBE ©

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

NRSV ©

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

NKJV ©

A quick–tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.

KJV
[He that is] soon
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angry
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dealeth
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foolishly
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and a man
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of wicked devices
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is hated
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NASB ©
A quick-tempered
<7116>
<639> man acts
<6213>
foolishly
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, And a man
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of evil
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devices
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is hated
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.
LXXM
oxuyumov {A-NSM} prassei
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V-PAI-3S
meta
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PREP
abouliav {N-GSF} anhr
<435> 
N-NSM
de
<1161> 
PRT
fronimov
<5429> 
A-NSM
polla
<4183> 
A-APN
upoferei
<5297> 
V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
A person who has a quick
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temper
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does
<06213>
foolish
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things, and a person
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with crafty schemes
<04209>
is hated
<08130>
.
HEBREW
anvy
<08130>
twmzm
<04209>
syaw
<0376>
tlwa
<0200>
hvey
<06213>
Mypa
<0639>
ruq (14:17)
<07116>
NETBible

A person who has a quick temper 1  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes 2  is hated. 3 

NET Notes

1 sn The proverb discusses two character traits that are distasteful to others – the quick tempered person (“short of anger” or impatient) and the crafty person (“man of devices”). C. H. Toy thinks that the proverb is antithetical and renders it “but a wise man endures” (Proverbs [ICC], 292). In other words, the quick-tempered person acts foolishly and loses people’s respect, but the wise man does not.

2 tn Heb “a man of devices.”

3 tc The LXX reads “endures” (from נָשָׂא, nasa’) rather than “is hated” (from שָׂנֵא, sane’). This change seems to have arisen on the assumption that a contrast was needed. It has: “a man of thought endures.” Other versions take מְזִמּוֹת (mÿzimmot) in a good sense; but antithetical parallelism is unwarranted here.