Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.

King James Version

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Holman Bible

As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects the person.

International Standard Version

Just as water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

A Conservative Version

As in water face [is] to face, so the heart of a man [is] to a man.

American Standard Version

As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

Amplified


As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.

Bible in Basic English

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

Darby Translation

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Julia Smith Translation

As in water, face to face, so the heart of man to man.

King James 2000

As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

Lexham Expanded Bible

As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

Modern King James verseion

As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man answers to man.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Like as in one water there appear divers faces, even so divers men have divers hearts.

NET Bible

As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.

New Heart English Bible

As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

The Emphasized Bible

As in water, face answereth to face, so, the heart of man to man.

Webster

As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

World English Bible

As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

Youngs Literal Translation

As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As in water
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 27:19

Images Proverbs 27:19

Prayers for Proverbs 27:19

Context Readings

All About Life

18 Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured. 19 As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.
20 Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Psalm 33:15

He fashioned all of their hearts; he considers all their works.

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,

James 1:22-25

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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