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Proverbs 17:9

NETBible	The one who forgives¹ an offense seeks² love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:9	He who covers over an offence promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:9	He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:9	Disregarding another person’s faults preserves love; telling about them separates close friends.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:9	Overlook an offense and bond a friendship; fasten on to a slight and--good-bye, friend!
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:9	He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:9	One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:9	He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
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KJV	He that covereth <03680> (8764) a transgression <06588> seeketh <01245> (8764) love <0160>_; but he that repeateth <08138> (8802) a matter <01697> separateth <06504> (8688) [very] friends <0441>_. {seeketh: or, procureth}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:9	He who conceals <03680> a transgression <06588> seeks <01245> love <0160> , But he who repeats <08138> a matter <01697> separates <06504> intimate <0441> friends <0441> .
LXXM	ov <3739> R-NSM kruptei <2928> V-PAI-3S adikhmata <92> N-APN zhtei <2212> V-PAI-3S filian <5373> N-ASF ov <3739> R-NSM de <1161> PRT misei <3404> V-PAI-3S kruptein <2928> V-PAN diisthsin <1339> V-PAI-3S filouv <5384> A-APM kai <2532> CONJ oikeiouv <3609> A-APM
NET [draft] ITL	The one who forgives <03680> an offense <06588> seeks <01245> love <0160> , but whoever repeats <08138> a matter <01697> separates <06504> close friends <0441> .
HEBREW	Pwla <0441> dyrpm <06504> rbdb <01697> hnsw <08138> hbha <0160> sqbm <01245> esp <06588> hokm (17:9) <03680>

NETBible

The one who forgives¹ an offense seeks² love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “covers” (so NASB); NIV “covers over.” How people respond to the faults of others reveals whether or not they have love. The contrast is between one who “covers” (forgives, cf. NCV, NRSV) the fault of a friend and one who repeats news about it. The former promotes love because he cares about the person; the latter divides friends.

²sn The participle מְבַקֵּשׁ (mÿvaqesh) means “seeks” in the sense of seeking to secure or procure or promote love. There can be no friendship without such understanding and discretion.

³sn W. G. Plaut notes that harping on the past has destroyed many friendships and marriages (Proverbs, 188). W. McKane observes that this line refers to the person who breaks up friendships by his scandalous gossip, even if it is done with a kind of zeal for the welfare of the community, for it will destroy love and trust (Proverbs [OTL], 508-9).