Proverbs 25 · Verse 10

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Proverbs 25:10, King James Version

Proverbs 25:10 in other translations

BSBlest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
WEBlest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
ASVLest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
YLTLest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.
DARBYlest he that heareth it disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
BBEOr your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
WebsterLest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

What does Proverbs 25:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 25:9-10

9-10. (Compare Mt 5:25, Margin). secret--that is, of your opponent, for his disadvantage, and so you be disgraced, not having discussed your difficulties with him.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 25:8-10

To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter.

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Proverbs 25:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פֶּֽן\־pen-lestH6435
יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ye.cha.sed.Khahe should bring shame youH2616
שֹׁמֵ֑עַsho.Me.a'[one who] hearsH8085
וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ve.di.ba.te.khaand evil report yourH1681
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תָשֽׁוּב\׃ta.Shuvit will turn backH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Proverbs 25:9

    Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

  • Proverbs 25:10

    Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

  • Proverbs 25:11

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Read all of Proverbs 25

Proverbs 25:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No sea que te deshonre el que lo oyere, y tu infamia no pueda repararse.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		de peur que celui qui l’écoute ne te fasse honte, et que ton opprobre ne se retire pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		damit dich nicht schmähe, wer es hört, und dein übler Ruf nicht mehr weiche.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ne forte insultet tibi cum audierit, et exprobrare non cesset. Gratia et amicitia liberant: quas tibi serva, ne exprobrabilis fias.