Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:3
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Context Readings
All About Life
2
Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips.
3
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:12
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs then a fool in his foolishness.
Genesis 34:25-26
Three days later the men who had been circumcised were still weak from pain. So Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, attacked with their swords and killed every man in town.
Genesis 49:7
A curse is on their anger, because it is so fierce. And a curse is on their fury, because it is so cruel. I will scatter them throughout the land of Israel. I will disperse them among its people.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
The king said to Doeg: You turn around and attack the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
Esther 3:5-6
Haman saw that Mordecai did not go before him and give him honor. Haman was very angry.
Daniel 3:19
Nebuchadnezzar was furious. The expression on his face changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than its required heat.
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.