Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?

King James Version

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Holman Bible

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?

International Standard Version

Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms but who can stand up to jealousy?

A Conservative Version

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?

American Standard Version

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Amplified


Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,
But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?

Bible in Basic English

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

Darby Translation

Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Julia Smith Translation

Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing; and who shall stand before jealousy?

King James 2000

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

Modern King James verseion

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wrath is a cruel thing, and furiousness is a very tempest; yea, who is able to abide envy?

NET Bible

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

New Heart English Bible

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

The Emphasized Bible

The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?

Webster

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

World English Bible

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Youngs Literal Translation

Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
is cruel
אכזריּוּת 
'akz@riyuwth 
Usage: 1

שׁטף שׁטף 
Sheteph 
Usage: 6

but who is able to stand
עמד 
`amad 
Usage: 521

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Fausets

Context Readings

All About Life

3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

1 John 3:12

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

Genesis 26:14

He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Song of Songs 8:6

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

Acts 7:9

"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him

Acts 17:5

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

James 1:19-21

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

James 4:5-6

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

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