Proverbs 3:30

NETBible

Do not accuse 1  anyone 2  without legitimate cause, 3  if he has not treated you wrongly.

NIV ©

Do not accuse a man for no reason—when he has done you no harm.

NASB ©

Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.

NLT ©

Don’t make accusations against someone who hasn’t wronged you.

MSG ©

Don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder, always spoiling for a fight.

BBE ©

Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

NRSV ©

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when no harm has been done to you.

NKJV ©

Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.

KJV
Strive
<07378> (8799)
not with a man
<0120>
without cause
<02600>_,
if he have done
<01580> (8804)
thee no harm
<07451>_.
NASB ©
Do not contend
<7378>
with a man
<120>
without
<2600>
cause
<2600>
, If
<518>
he has done
<1580>
you no
<3808>
harm
<7463>
.
LXXM
mh
<3165> 
ADV
filecyrhshv {V-AAS-2S} prov
<4314> 
PREP
anyrwpon
<444> 
N-ASM
mathn
<3155> 
ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
ti
<5100> 
I-ASN
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
se
<4771> 
P-AS
ergashtai
<2038> 
V-AMS-3S
kakon
<2556> 
A-ASN
NET [draft] ITL
Do not
<0408>
accuse
<07378>
anyone
<0120>
without legitimate cause
<02600>
, if
<0518>
he has not
<03808>
treated
<01580>
you wrongly
<07451>
.
HEBREW
her
<07451>
Klmg
<01580>
al
<03808>
Ma
<0518>
Mnx
<02600>
Mda
<0120>
Me
<05973>
*byrt {bwrt}
<07378>
la (3:30)
<0408>
NETBible

Do not accuse 1  anyone 2  without legitimate cause, 3  if he has not treated you wrongly.

NET Notes

1 sn The term רִיב (riv) can mean “quarrel” or “legal accusation” (BDB 936 s.v.). Both ideas would work but the more technical legal accusation fits the context better. This is a warning to not bring legal accusations against anyone without a legitimate reason.

2 tn Heb “a man.”

3 tn Heb “gratuitously”; NIV, TEV “for no (+ good NCV) reason.” The adverb חִנָּם (khinam) means “without cause, undeservedly,” especially of groundless hostility (HALOT 334 s.v. 3; BDB 336 s.v. c).