Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Do not find fault before checking out the evidence; examine first, and then criticize.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not find fault before you investigate; examine first, and then criticize.
Good News Translation®
Before you start criticizing, get your facts straight and think the matter through.
Wycliffe Bible
Before that thou ask, blame thou not any man; and when thou hast asked, blame thou justly. [Before that thou ask, not blame thou any man; and when thou shalt ask, chastise thou rightly.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not find fault before you investigate; first consider, and then reprove.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not find fault before you investigate; examine first and then criticize.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not find fault before you investigate; examine first, and then criticize.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t find fault before you investigate; consider first, and then reprimand.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Before investigating, do not find fault; examine first, then criticize.
Revised Standard Version
Do not find fault before you investigate; first consider, and then reprove.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not find fault before you investigate; examine first, and then criticize.