Proverbs 27:8

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Summary

Proverbs 27:8

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

A bird

Job 39:14

Isaiah 16:2

Man

Bible References

A bird

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, at fords of Arnon.

Man

A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

And Abram saith unto Sarai, 'Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.

And Gad the prophet saith unto David, 'Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;' and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.

And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, and saith to him, 'What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

And I say, 'A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'

And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down to Joppa, and findeth a ship going to Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.