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Proverbs 25:9

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

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רִֽ֭יבְךָrivekhacauseרִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7379a contest (personal or legal)[phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.רִ֣יבrivadversaryרִיבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “adversary”, a commandH7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defendadversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.רֵעֶ֑ךָreekhabrotherרֵעַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “brother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7453an associate (more or less close)brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.וְס֖וֹדvesodand secretסוֹדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and secret”, the ordinary formH5475a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secretassembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).אַחֵ֣רacherother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּגָֽלtegalexileגָּלָהverb, piel, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “exile”, a wish or indirect commandH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself , And disclose not the secret of another;

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

World English Bible

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

Darby Translation

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

Douay-Rheims

Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Whenever thy friend shall reproach thee, retreat backward, despise him not;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀναχώρει εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω· μὴ καταφρόνει,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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