[ He that is] first in his own cause[ seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

先诉情由的，似乎有理；但邻舍来到，就察出实情。

先诉情由的，似乎有理；另一人来到，就察出实情。

先诉情由的，似乎有理；另一人来到，就察出实情。

先告状的看似有理，一经对质真相大白。

首先陈述情由的，似乎有理，等他的邻舍来到，才可以查明实情。

争讼中先陈说的虽显得公义；但对方一来，就能查验他的话。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；但鄰舍來到，就察出實情。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；另一人來到，就察出實情。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；另一人來到，就察出實情。

先告狀的看似有理，一經對質真相大白。

首先陳述情由的，似乎有理，等他的鄰舍來到，才可以查明實情。

先訴情由的似乎有理，還要別人來審查它。

爭訟中先陳說的雖顯得公義；但對方一來，就能查驗他的話。

先赴愬者、其理似直、鄰里繼至、則得其情、

先赴訴者、其理似直、有後至者、爾當詳察之。

人有詞訟、先至者訴其由、雖似理直、必待後至者之訴、方可究察、

In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross- examines.

In court, the first one to speak seems right. Then someone else comes forward and questions him.

The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

The first to speak in court sounds right— until the cross examination begins.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him.

The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth[ it], it[ is] folly and shame unto him.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came[ again] in peace.And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant[ is] lame.And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king[ is] as an angel of God: do therefore[ what is] good in thine eyes.

And when David was a little past the top[ of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred[ loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses[ be] for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.And the king said, And where[ is] thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

For we have found this man[ a] pestilent[ fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.