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Lexham Expanded Bible
Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Holman Bible
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?
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?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:4
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Context Readings
All About Life
3 Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them. 4 Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy? 5 Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy [is the] fury of a husband, and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason} did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the [deeds] of his brother [were] righteous.
Genesis 26:14
And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter [in mind].
Job 5:2
For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.
Proverbs 14:30
A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to 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; passion [is] fierce as Sheol; its flashes [are] flashes of fire; [it is] a blazing flame.
Matthew 27:18
(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.
Acts 5:17
Now the high priest rose up and all those [who were] with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), [and] they were filled with jealousy.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, [because they] were jealous of Joseph, sold [him] into Egypt. And God was with him,
Acts 17:5
But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason's house, they were looking for them to bring [them] out to the popular assembly.
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,
James 1:19-21
Understand [this], my dear brothers: every person must 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 tell lies against the truth.
James 4:5-6
Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?