Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
As splendour of dress on a cold day - vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.
New American Standard Bible
Is he who sings songs to
King James Version
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Holman Bible
is like taking off clothing on a cold day
or like pouring vinegar on soda.
International Standard Version
Taking your coat off when it's cold or pouring vinegar on soda that's what singing songs does to a heavy heart.
A Conservative Version
As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, [and] vinegar upon soda, so [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.
American Standard Version
As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
Amplified
Like one who takes off a garment in cold weather, or like [a reactive, useless mixture of] vinegar on soda,
Is he who [thoughtlessly] sings [joyful] songs to a heavy heart.
Bible in Basic English
Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
Darby Translation
As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.
Julia Smith Translation
He removing a covering in the day of cold, and vinegar upon nitre, and he singing in songs to an evil heart.
King James 2000
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] one who removes a garment on a cold day, [or like] vinegar on natron, [is] he who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Modern King James verseion
As he who takes away a garment in cold weather, as vinegar upon niter, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso singeth a song to a heavy heart, clotheth him with rags in the cold, and poureth vinegar upon chalk.
NET Bible
Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
New Heart English Bible
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Webster
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
World English Bible
As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
19 A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger. 20 As splendour of dress on a cold day - vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart. 21 If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;
Cross References
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:
Deuteronomy 24:12-17
And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge:
Job 24:7-10
Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
Psalm 137:3-4
For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers - gladness, - Sing us of the songs of Zion!
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh, - A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?
Daniel 6:18
Then the king departed to his palace, and spent the night fasting, and no, table, was brought in before him, - and, his sleep, fled from him.
James 2:15-16
If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,
James 5:15
And, the prayer of faith, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall be forgiven him.