Answer not before you have heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
LXX
Sirach 11:8
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Parallel Translations
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
Giue no sentence,before thou hast heard the cause,nether interrupt men in the middes of their tales.