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Proverbs 3:30

NETBible	Do not accuse¹ anyone² without legitimate cause,³ if he has not treated you wrongly.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Do not accuse a man for no reason—when he has done you no harm.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Don’t make accusations against someone who hasn’t wronged you.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder, always spoiling for a fight.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 3:30	Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 3:30	Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when no harm has been done to you.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
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KJV	Strive <07378> (8799) not with a man <0120> without cause <02600>_, if he have done <01580> (8804) thee no harm <07451>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:30	Do not contend <07378> with a man <0120> without <02600> cause <02600> , If <0518> he has done <01580> you no <03808> harm <07463> .
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 accuse¹ anyone² without legitimate cause,³ if he has not treated you wrongly.

NET Notes

¹sn 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.

²tn Heb “a man.”

³tn 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).