Other translations
New Catholic Bible
It is bad manners for someone to listen at a door; a cultured man would regard this as disgraceful, things that are not his business.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door; the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.
Good News Translation®
Eavesdropping at doors is bad manners, and anyone with a sense of decency would be ashamed to do it.
Wycliffe Bible
It is folly of a man to harken by the door; and a prudent man shall be grieved by despising [or with strife].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door; the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door; the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.
Common English Bible © 2011
Ignorance causes people to listen through a door, but the prudent will be distressed at the dishonor of doing so.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
It is rude for one to listen at a door; the discreet person would be overwhelmed by the disgrace.
Revised Standard Version
It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door; the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.