Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
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.
A Conservative Version
Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
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.
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 can stand before jealousy? 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:23
The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
Leviticus 19:17
You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.