Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
New American Standard Bible
So is a man who
King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Holman Bible
is like a bird wandering from its nest.
International Standard Version
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.
A Conservative Version
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
American Standard Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Amplified
Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety],
So is a man who wanders from his home.
Bible in Basic English
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
Darby Translation
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Julia Smith Translation
As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.
King James 2000
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
Modern King James verseion
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that oft times flitteth, is like a bird that forsaketh her nest.
NET Bible
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
New Heart English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Webster
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
World English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
7 The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet. 8 As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place. 9 Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one's friend, more than fragrant wood.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
Yet shall it be that - Like wandering birds from a nest cast forth, Shall be the daughters of Moab, at the fords of Amen.
Genesis 4:16
So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh, - and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
And Abram said unto Sarai, Lo! thy handmaid, is in thy hand, do to her what is good in thine eyes. So Sarai humbled her, and she fled from her face.
1 Samuel 22:5
Then said Gad the prophet unto David - Thou must not abide in the fortress, go and get thee into the land of Judah. So David departed, and entered the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul, - there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand.
1 Kings 19:9
And he entered, there, into a cave, and lodged there, - and lo! the word of Yahweh came unto him, and said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Nehemiah 6:11-13
Then said I, Should, such a man as I, flee? Who then, being such as I, would enter the temple to save his life? I will not enter.
Job 39:14-16
For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;
Proverbs 21:16
The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.
Proverbs 26:2
As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah arose to flee unto Tarshish, away from the presence of Yahweh, - and went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish, so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish,, away from the presence of Yahweh.
Jonah 1:10-17
Then did the men revere with great reverence, and said unto him, What is it thou hast done? For the men knew that, away from the presence of Yahweh, he was fleeing, - for he had told them.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one, in the calling wherein he was called, in the same, let him abide:
Jude 1:13
Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age-abiding hath been reserved.