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16 A lazy man is wiser in his own view
    than seven who can answer with sense.

17 Like someone who grabs a dog by the ears
    is a passer-by who mixes in a fight not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting deadly arrows and firebrands

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16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

18 Like a maniac shooting
    flaming arrows of death

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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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