Proverbs 18:13

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Proverbs 18:13 tn Heb “returns a word”; KJV “He that answereth a matter.”
2. Proverbs 18:13 sn 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).
3. Proverbs 18:13 tn Heb “it is folly to him and shame.” The verse uses formal parallelism, with the second colon simply completing the thought of the first.