Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
New American Standard Bible
Than love that is concealed.
King James Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Holman Bible
than concealed love.
International Standard Version
An open rebuke is better than unspoken love.
A Conservative Version
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
American Standard Version
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Amplified
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.
Bible in Basic English
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Darby Translation
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Julia Smith Translation
Naked rebuke is good above secret love.
King James 2000
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An open rebuke is better than secret love.
NET Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New Heart English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
The Emphasized Bible
Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
Webster
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
World English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is open reproof than hidden love.
Themes
Topics
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Galah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:5
Prayers for Proverbs 27:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man shall afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you, being a Jew, live as a Gentile, and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to judaize?
Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall always rebuke your neighbor, and not allow sin on him.
Matthew 18:15
But if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may fear.