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25 It is a snare to humankind to say rashly “It is holy,”
    and after vows, to scrutinize.

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25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.

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do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”

(A)Do not go hastily to [a]court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit

20 You see a man who is hasty in his words:
    there is more hope for a fool than him.

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20 Do you see a man hasty in his words?
(A)There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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