A person who has a quick temper ¹  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes ²  is hated. ³ 

biblegateway Pro 14:17

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man who schemes is hated.

A short–tempered person acts stupidly, and a person who plots evil is hated.

biblegateway Pro 14:17

A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.

A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.

bibleoremus Pro 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Impatience runs into folly; advancement comes by careful thought.

biblegateway Pro 14:17

A quick–tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.

[He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

biblegateway Pro 14:17

A person who has a quick temper ¹  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes ²  is hated. ³ 

¹ sn The proverb discusses two character traits that are distasteful to others – the quick tempered person (“short of anger” or impatient) and the crafty person (“man of devices”). C. H. Toy thinks that the proverb is antithetical and renders it “but a wise man endures” (Proverbs [ICC], 292). In other words, the quick-tempered person acts foolishly and loses people’s respect, but the wise man does not.

² tn Heb “a man of devices.”

³ tc The LXX reads “endures” (from נָשָׂא, nasa’) rather than “is hated” (from שָׂנֵא, sane’). This change seems to have arisen on the assumption that a contrast was needed. It has: “a man of thought endures.” Other versions take מְזִמּוֹת (mÿzimmot) in a good sense; but antithetical parallelism is unwarranted here.