Other translations
New Catholic Bible
But how much better it is to rebuke than to fume,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
How much better it is to rebuke than to fume!
Good News Translation®
But it is much better to rebuke the person than to keep your anger bottled up.
Wycliffe Bible
It is full good to reprove, more than to be wroth, and to forbid not a man acknowledging in prayer. [How good (it) is to reprove, than to wrath, and to not forbid the acknowledger in orison.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
How much better it is to reprove than to stay angry! And the one who confesses his fault will be kept from loss.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
How much better it is to rebuke than to fume!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
How much better it is to rebuke than to fume!
Common English Bible © 2011
How much better to investigate than to be angry!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
It is much better to admonish than to lose one’s temper;
Revised Standard Version
How much better it is to reprove than to stay angry! And the one who confesses his fault will be kept from loss.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
How much better it is to rebuke than to fume!