To answer before listening —
This is foolish and disgraceful.מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [tr. RJPS (2023 ed.)]
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See La Rochefoucauld (1665).
(Source (Greek)). Other translations:He that answereth a matter before he heareth it,
it is folly and shame unto him.
[KJV (1611)]To retort without first listening is folly to work one's own confusion.
[JB (1966)]To retort without first listening is both foolish and embarrassing.
[NJB (1985)]Listen before you answer. If you don't, you are being stupid and insulting.
[GNT (1992 ed.)]Those who answer before they listen
are foolish and disgraceful.
[CEB (2011)]If one gives answer before hearing,
it is folly and shame.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
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Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 4 “De la Nature des Esprits [On the Nature of Minds],” ¶ 62 (1850 ed.) [tr. Lyttelton (1899), ch. 3, ¶ 21]
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While confirmed as an entry in the French, I was unable to find translations other than Lyttelton's in my various sources.
