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10 lest he who hears shame you
    and your ill repute will not end.
11 Apples of gold in a setting of silver
    is a matter spoken at[a] its proper time.
12 A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
    is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Hebrew “on”

10 or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots