Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Another, out of shame, makes promises to a friend and needlessly turns that friend into an enemy.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Another out of shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing.
Good News Translation®
If you promise a friend something because you are too bashful to say no, you're needlessly making an enemy.
Wycliffe Bible
There is a man, that for shame promiseth to a friend; and he hath gotten him(self) (an) enemy without cause. [There is, that for confusion promiseth to a friend; and hath won him an enemy willfully.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A man may for shame make promises to a friend, and needlessly make him an enemy.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
One may make promises to a friend out of shame and so make an enemy for nothing.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Another out of shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing.
Common English Bible © 2011
Some promise a favor to a friend out of shame, and they create an enemy for no reason.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
There is one who promises a friend out of shame, and so makes an enemy needlessly.
Revised Standard Version
A man may for shame make promises to a friend, and needlessly make him an enemy.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Another out of shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing.