Proverbs 25:9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
In other versions
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor `himself', And disclose not the secret of another;
ASV
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
BBE
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
DBY
Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;
WEB
Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,
YLT
Debate your cause with your neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
ENG
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and reveal not a secret to another:
WBT
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
BSB
In context
7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
