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Source language

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
corripe amicum saepe enim fit commissio

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Question your friend—often he may be the victim of slander; you cannot believe everything you hear.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
Good News Translation®   
If you hear something bad about a friend, ask him about it. It might be a lie. Don't believe everything you hear.
Wycliffe Bible   
Reprove thou a friend, for why trespassing is done often; and believe thou not to each word. [Chastise a friend, oft forsooth is done trespass; and not to each word believe thou.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe every word.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Question a friend, because it often turns out to be a false accusation. Don’t trust everything that is said.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Admonish your friend—often it may be slander; do not believe every story.
Revised Standard Version   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.