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Proverbs 26:17

NETBible	Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,¹ so is the person passing by who becomes furious² over a quarrel not his own.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:17	Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:17	Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 26:17	Yanking a dog’s ears is as foolish as interfering in someone else’s argument.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 26:17	You grab a mad dog by the ears when you butt into a quarrel that's none of your business.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 26:17	He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:17	Like somebody who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:17	He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.
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KJV	He that passeth by <05674> (8802)_, [and] meddleth <05674> (8693) with strife <07379> [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh <02388> (8688) a dog <03611> by the ears <0241>_. {meddleth: or, is enraged}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:17	Like one who takes <02388> a dog <03611> by the ears <0241> Is he who passes <05674> by and meddles <05674> with strife <07379> not belonging to him.
LXXM	(33:17) wsper <3746> ADV o <3588> T-NSM kratwn <2902> V-PAPNS kerkou {N-GSF} kunov <2965> N-GSM outwv <3778> ADV o <3588> T-NSM proestwv <4291> V-RAPNS allotriav <245> A-GSF krisewv <2920> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	Like one who grabs <02388> a wild dog <03611> by the ears <0241> , so is the person passing <05674> by who becomes furious <05674> over <05921> a quarrel <07379> not <03808> his own.
HEBREW	wl <0> al <03808> byr <07379> le <05921> rbetm <05674> rbe <05674> blk <03611> ynzab <0241> qyzxm (26:17) <02388>

NETBible

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears,¹ so is the person passing by who becomes furious² over a quarrel not his own.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “grabs the ears of a dog. The word “wild” has been supplied in the translation to make clear that these were not domesticated pets. CEV, to accomplish the same point, has “a mad dog,” but there is no indication of that in context.

¹sn Someone who did this ran a serious risk of injury or harm. Dogs were not domestic pets in the ancient Near East; they were scavengers that ran in packs like jackals.

²tn The word מִתְעַבֵּר (mit’abber) means “to put oneself in a fury” or “become furious” (BDB 720 s.v.). The Latin version apparently assumed the verb was עָרַב (’arav), for it has the sense of “meddle” (so also NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). However, the MT reading could easily fit the verse, referring to anyone passing by who gets furious over a fight that is not his.