Parallel Verses
World English 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.
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.
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 hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:23
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
Leviticus 19:17
"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.