Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Refuse to be provoked by an insolent man, for he may seek to trap you in your own words.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not let the insolent bring you to your feet, or they may lie in ambush against your words.
Good News Translation®
You should not get up and walk out on someone who is insolent. He might twist your words and use them against you.
Wycliffe Bible
Stand thou not against the face of a man full of despising [or the face of the strifeful]; lest he sit as an espyer to thy mouth.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not let the insolent bring you to your feet, or they may lie in ambush against your words.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not let the insolent bring you to your feet, or they may lie in ambush against your words.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t rise out of your seat in the presence of insolent persons, because they might set a trap for what you say.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Do not give ground before scoundrels; it will set them in ambush against you.
Revised Standard Version
Do not get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not let the insolent bring you to your feet, or they may lie in ambush against your words.