Proverbs 27:3
What does Proverbs 27:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 27:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A stone <FI>is<Fi> heavy, and the sand <FI>is<Fi> heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 3:19
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
- 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
- Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
- Genesis 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
- 1 John 3:12
not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
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