Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.
New American Standard Bible
Is a man
King James Version
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Holman Bible
is like a city whose wall is broken down.
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International Standard Version
Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.
A Conservative Version
He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.
American Standard Version
He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Amplified
Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected]
Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].
Bible in Basic English
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
Darby Translation
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.
Julia Smith Translation
A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.
King James 2000
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that can not rule himself, is like a city which is broken down, and hath no walls.
NET Bible
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
New Heart English Bible
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
The Emphasized Bible
A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.
Webster
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
World English Bible
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
Youngs Literal Translation
A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!
Themes
Anger » Brings its own punishment
Temperance » In speech self-control, duty of » Over the spirit
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:28
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More Proverbs Of Solomon
27 It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory. 28 He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.
1 Samuel 20:30
And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
2 Chronicles 32:5
And he made himself strong and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
Nehemiah 1:3
And they said to me, The remnant left of the captivity there in the province is in great affliction and shame. And the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury,
1 Samuel 25:17
And now know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is a son of worthlessness, so that none can speak to him.