Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

King James Version

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Holman Bible

A man who does not control his temper
is like a city whose wall is broken down.


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International Standard Version

Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.

A Conservative Version

He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.

American Standard Version

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Amplified


Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected]
Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].

Bible in Basic English

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

Darby Translation

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

Julia Smith Translation

A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.

King James 2000

He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.

Modern King James verseion

He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that can not rule himself, is like a city which is broken down, and hath no walls.

NET Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

New Heart English Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

The Emphasized Bible

A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.

Webster

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

World English Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Youngs Literal Translation

A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מעצר 
Ma`tsar 
Usage: 1

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

is like a city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

References

American

Smith

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

27 It is not good to eat too much honey. To seek ones own glory is not glory. 28 Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.


Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

Being slow to anger is better than being mighty. Being self-controlled is better than ruling a city.

1 Samuel 20:30

Saul got angry with Jonathan and he said, You are Son of a crooked and rebellious woman Jonathan! I know you have sided with Jesse's son, Saul accused. You have no shame. You act as if you are your mother's son not mine.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Hezekiah worked hard. He rebuilt all the broken sections of the wall. He built the towers taller and built another wall outside the city wall. He strengthened the Millo in the City of David, and made plenty of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me: The small band of Jews now living there in the land is in deep trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

Proverbs 22:24

Do not befriend an angry man. Do not associate with a man who throws fits.

1 Samuel 25:17

Consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. He is such a worthless man that it is useless to talk to him.

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