A brother offended[ is harder to be won] than a strong city: and[ their] contentions[ are] like the bars of a castle.

弟兄结怨，劝他和好，比取坚固城还难；这样的争竞如同坚寨的门闩。

被冒犯的弟兄强如难以攻下的坚城；纷争如同城堡的门闩。

被冒犯的弟兄强如难以攻下的坚城；纷争如同城堡的门闩。

与结怨的兄弟和解比攻城还难，争端难破，如坚城的门闩。

触怒兄弟，要劝他和解，比取坚城还难；这样的纷争，如同堡垒的门闩。

被冒犯的兄弟比坚固的城更难对付；而争执就如城堡的门闩。

弟兄結怨，勸他和好，比取堅固城還難；這樣的爭競如同堅寨的門閂。

被冒犯的弟兄強如難以攻下的堅城；紛爭如同城堡的門閂。

被冒犯的弟兄強如難以攻下的堅城；紛爭如同城堡的門閂。

與結怨的兄弟和解比攻城還難，爭端難破，如堅城的門閂。

觸怒兄弟，要勸他和解，比取堅城還難；這樣的紛爭，如同堡壘的門閂。

弟兄蒙救助、就像堅固之城；但是紛爭卻像閂緊的衛所。

被冒犯的兄弟比堅固的城更難對付；而爭執就如城堡的門閂。

兄弟結怨而媾和、難於破堅城、其相爭也、如保障之門楗、

弟犯兄長、欲復修和、較勝鞏固之城、折宮門之楗、猶為難也。

弟犯兄長、欲復和好、較取鞏固之城尤為不易、解息兄弟之爭端、較折高樓之門楗更難、

A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

A broken friendship is harder to handle than a city with high walls around it. And arguing is like the locked gates of a mighty city.

A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.

An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.

A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

An offended brother is harder to reach than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.

A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

[ He that is] slow to anger[ is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

A false witness[ that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he[ was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of[ many] colours.And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told[ it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.And Reuben heard[ it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood,[ but] cast him into this pit that[ is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat,[ his] coat of[ many] colours that[ was] on him;And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit[ was] empty,[ there was] no water in it.And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry[ it] down to Egypt.And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit[ is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he[ is] our brother[ and] our flesh. And his brethren were content.

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee[ shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that[ was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me,[ and] the mother with the children.

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,[ purposing] to kill thee.Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget[ that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither[ have we] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.Now therefore,[ as] the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.