Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.
New American Standard Bible
Is a man who boasts
King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Holman Bible
is like clouds and wind without rain.
International Standard Version
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
A Conservative Version
Clouds and wind without rain, [is] he who boasts himself of his gifts falsely.
American Standard Version
As clouds and wind without rain,'so is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
Amplified
Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts falsely of gifts [he does not give].
Bible in Basic English
As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.
Darby Translation
Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.
Julia Smith Translation
Clouds and wind and not rain, a man boasting in a gift of falsehood.
King James 2000
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] clouds and wind when there is no rain, [so too is] a man who boasts in a gift of deception.
Modern King James verseion
A man boasting himself in a false gift is like clouds and wind, but no rain.
NET Bible
Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.
New Heart English Bible
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
The Emphasized Bible
Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.
Webster
Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
World English Bible
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
Youngs Literal Translation
Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.
Themes
Boasting » Boasting, the folly of
Boasting » Those that boast of a false gift
Clouds » Illustrative » (without rain,) of the fraudulent
Ostentation » In prayer and almsgiving
Wind » Illustrative » (without rain,) of one who boasts of a false gift
Topics
Interlinear
Halal
Sheqer
Nasiy'
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
13 Like as the winter cool in the harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, and refresheth his master's mind. 14 Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain. 15 With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 20:6
Many there be that would be called good-doers; but where shall one find a true faithful man?
1 Kings 22:11
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them."
Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."
Luke 18:10-14
"Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
2 Corinthians 11:13-18
For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion themselves like unto the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:31
The God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
2 Peter 2:15-19
and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness:
Jude 1:12-13
These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.
Jude 1:16
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts, whose mouths speak proud things. They have men in great reverence because of advantage.