Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A stone is heavy and sand, a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

New American Standard Bible

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
is heavy
כּבד 
Kobed 
Usage: 4

and the sand
חול 
Chowl 
Usage: 23

נטל 
Netel 
Usage: 1

but a fool's
אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

כּעשׂ כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 25

is heavier
כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

References

Hastings

Context Readings

All About Life

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and sand, a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
4 Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?



Cross References

Proverbs 17:12

Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool in his foolishness.

Genesis 34:25-26

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

Genesis 49:7

Their anger is cursed, for it is strong,
and their fury, for it is cruel!
I will disperse them throughout Jacob
and scatter them throughout Israel.

1 Samuel 22:18-19

So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men who wore linen ephods.

Esther 3:5-6

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary,

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

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