The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

先诉情由的，似乎有理；但邻舍来到，就察出实情。

先诉情由的，似乎有理；另一人来到，就察出实情。

先诉情由的，似乎有理；另一人来到，就察出实情。

先告状的看似有理，一经对质真相大白。

首先陈述情由的，似乎有理，等他的邻舍来到，才可以查明实情。

争讼中先陈说的虽显得公义；但对方一来，就能查验他的话。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；但鄰舍來到，就察出實情。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；另一人來到，就察出實情。

先訴情由的，似乎有理；另一人來到，就察出實情。

先告狀的看似有理，一經對質真相大白。

首先陳述情由的，似乎有理，等他的鄰舍來到，才可以查明實情。

先訴情由的似乎有理，還要別人來審查它。

爭訟中先陳說的雖顯得公義；但對方一來，就能查驗他的話。

先赴愬者、其理似直、鄰里繼至、則得其情、

先赴訴者、其理似直、有後至者、爾當詳察之。

人有詞訟、先至者訴其由、雖似理直、必待後至者之訴、方可究察、

In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross- examines.

In court, the first one to speak seems right. Then someone else comes forward and questions him.

The first to speak in court sounds right— until the cross examination begins.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him.

The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

[ He that is] first in his own cause[ seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him,“ Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”He answered,“ My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him,‘ I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.And the king said to Ziba,“ Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered,“ The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.”And the king said,“ And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king,“ Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said,‘ Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”

and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.

For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.