13 If one gives an answer (A)before he hears,
    it is his folly and shame.

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13 One who (A)gives an answer before he hears,
It is foolishness and shame to him.

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17 The one who states his case first seems right,
    until the other comes and examines him.

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17 The first [a]to plead his case seems right,
Until [b]another comes and examines him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:17 Lit in his plea
  2. Proverbs 18:17 Lit his neighbor