Zhēnyán 25:10

10 Kǒngpà tīngjian de rén mà nǐ , nǐde chòu míng jiù nányǐ tuōlí .

Zhēnyán 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame
Or, "reproach thee" ^F3 with treachery and deceit. Either the person of whom it is told, or the person to whom it is told; who may make thee ashamed, either by fixing the odious character of a defamer, a whisperer, and backbiter, on thee; or by making a retaliation, and in his turn make known some secret things concerning thyself, which before were not known, and, now published, will be to thy disgrace; and thine infamy turn not away;
it shall stick so close to thee, that thou shalt never get clear of it as long as thou livest, or ever retrieve thy credit; the brand of infamy shall ever be upon thee.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Kdoxy) "probris afficiat te", Pagniuus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "probro afficiet te", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Zhēnyán 25:10 In-Context

8 Búyào mào shī chū qù yǔ rén zhēngjing , miǎndé zhì zhōng beì tā xiūrǔ , nǐ jiù bù zhīdào zĕnyàng xíng le .

9 Nǐ yǔ línshè zhēng sòng , yào yǔ tā rén biànlùn . bùkĕ xiè lòu rén de mì shì .

10 Kǒngpà tīngjian de rén mà nǐ , nǐde chòu míng jiù nányǐ tuōlí .

11 Yī jù huà shuō dé hé yí , jiù rú jīn píngguǒ zaì yín wǎngzi lǐ .

12 Zhìhuì rén de quànjiè , zaì shùncóng de rén ĕr zhōng , hǎoxiàng jīn ĕr huán , hé jīng jīn de zhuāngshì .