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Proverbs 18:13

NETBible	The one who gives an answer¹ before he listens² – that is his folly and his shame.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 18:13	He who answers before listening—that is his folly and his shame.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:13	He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 18:13	What a shame, what folly, to give advice before listening to the facts!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 18:13	Answering before listening is both stupid and rude.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 18:13	To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 18:13	If one gives answer before hearing, it is folly and shame.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 18:13	He who answers a matter before he hears it , It is folly and shame to him.
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KJV	He that answereth <07725> (8688) a matter <01697> before he heareth <08085> (8799) [it], it [is] folly <0200> and shame <03639> unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:13	He who gives <07725> an answer <01697> before <02962> he hears <08085> , It is folly <0200> and shame <03639> to him.
LXXM	ov <3739> R-NSM apokrinetai {V-PMI-3S} logon <3056> N-ASM prin <4250> ADV akousai <191> V-AAN afrosunh <877> N-NSF autw <846> D-DSM estin <1510> V-PAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ oneidov <3681> N-NSN
NET [draft] ITL	The one who gives <07725> an answer <01697> before <02962> he listens <08085> – that <01931> is his folly <0200> and his shame <03639> .
HEBREW	hmlkw <03639> wl <0> ayh <01931> tlwa <0200> emsy <08085> Mrjb <02962> rbd <01697> bysm (18:13) <07725>

NETBible

The one who gives an answer¹ before he listens² – that is his folly and his shame.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “returns a word”; KJV “He that answereth a matter.”

²sn Poor listening and premature answering indicate that the person has a low regard for what the other is saying, or that he is too absorbed in his own ideas. The Mishnah lists this as the second characteristic of the uncultured person (m. Avot 5:7).

³tn Heb “it is folly to him and shame.” The verse uses formal parallelism, with the second colon simply completing the thought of the first.