Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
New American Standard Bible
And a man of evil devices is hated.
King James Version
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Holman Bible
and a man who schemes is hated.
International Standard Version
A quick tempered person does foolish things, and a devious man is hated.
A Conservative Version
He who is soon angry will deal foolishly. And a man of wicked devices is hated.
American Standard Version
He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Amplified
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly and without self-control,
And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
Bible in Basic English
He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
Darby Translation
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
Julia Smith Translation
He reaping anger will do folly: and a man of mischiefs will be hated.
King James 2000
He that is quickly angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked intentions is hated.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who is short of {temper} will act foolishly, and the man who schemes will be hated.
Modern King James verseion
He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An impatient man handleth foolishly; but he that is well advised, doth other ways.
NET Bible
A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.
New Heart English Bible
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
The Emphasized Bible
The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.
Webster
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
World English Bible
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
16 The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. 17 Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated. 18 The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:29
Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Proverbs 15:18
A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Proverbs 16:32
Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.
Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
James 1:19
So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
Esther 3:6
and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.
Esther 7:5-6
And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, 'Who is he -- this one? and where is this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'
Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
Proverbs 12:2
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
Proverbs 12:16
The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
Proverbs 22:24
Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
Isaiah 32:7
And the miser -- his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.
Jeremiah 5:26-29
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.