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Modern King James verseion
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?
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?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:4
Prayers for Proverbs 27:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy? 5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's things were righteous.
Genesis 26:14
And he had possession of flocks and possession of herds, and many servants. And the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him. But his father observed the saying.
Job 5:2
For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal on Your heart, as a seal on Your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Jehovah.
Matthew 27:18
For he knew they had delivered Him because of envy.
Acts 5:17
And rising up, the high priest, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with anger,
Acts 7:9
And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
Acts 17:5
But the disobeying Jews becoming jealous, and having taken aside some wicked men of the market-loafers, and gathering a crowd, they set all the city in an uproar. And coming on the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the mob.
Romans 1:29
being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,
James 1:19-21
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
James 3:14-16
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.
James 4:5-6
Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns to envy?