Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
New American Standard Bible
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
King James Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Holman Bible
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
International Standard Version
Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.
A Conservative Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
American Standard Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Amplified
Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.
Bible in Basic English
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Darby Translation
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Julia Smith Translation
A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.
King James 2000
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
Modern King James verseion
A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
NET Bible
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
New Heart English Bible
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Webster
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
World English Bible
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Youngs Literal Translation
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both. 4 The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?
Cross References
Proverbs 17:12
Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly!
Genesis 34:25-26
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came in upon the city, boldly, - and slew every, male;
Genesis 49:7
Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath because cruel, - I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen;
Esther 3:5-6
And, when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bend nor bow down unto him, then was Haman filled with wrath;
Daniel 3:19
Then, Nebuchadnezzar, was filled with wrath, and, the likeness of his countenance, was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, - he spake and gave word to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was ever seen heated;
1 John 3:12
Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.