Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
New American Standard Bible
Than love that is concealed.
King James Version
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Holman Bible
than concealed love.
International Standard Version
An open rebuke is better than unspoken love.
American Standard Version
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
Amplified
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.
Bible in Basic English
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Darby Translation
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Julia Smith Translation
Naked rebuke is good above secret love.
King James 2000
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.
Modern King James verseion
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An open rebuke is better than secret love.
NET Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
New Heart English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
The Emphasized Bible
Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
Webster
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
World English Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is open reproof than hidden love.
Themes
Topics
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Galah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:5
Prayers for Proverbs 27:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy? 5 Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?
Leviticus 19:17
Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.