Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.
New American Standard Bible
If he has done you no harm.
King James Version
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Holman Bible
when he has done you no harm.
International Standard Version
Do not bring a lawsuit against a person for no reason, when he has done you no harm.
A Conservative Version
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done thee no harm.
American Standard Version
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.
Amplified
Do not quarrel with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
Bible in Basic English
Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
Darby Translation
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not contend with man to no purpose, if he did thee no evil
King James 2000
Strive not with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.
Modern King James verseion
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Strive not lightly with any man, wher as he hath done thee no harm.
New Heart English Bible
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
The Emphasized Bible
Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.
Webster
Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.
World English Bible
Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Youngs Literal Translation
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
29 Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly. 30 Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly. 31 Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!
Proverbs 18:6
The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
Proverbs 25:8-9
Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 29:22
An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
Matthew 5:39-41
But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.
Romans 12:18-21
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?
2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,