Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.
New American Standard Bible
So is a man who
King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Holman Bible
is like a bird wandering from its nest.
International Standard Version
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.
A Conservative Version
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
American Standard Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Amplified
Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety],
So is a man who wanders from his home.
Bible in Basic English
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
Darby Translation
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
King James 2000
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
Modern King James verseion
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that oft times flitteth, is like a bird that forsaketh her nest.
NET Bible
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
New Heart English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
The Emphasized Bible
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
Webster
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
World English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
7 The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet 8 As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place. 9 Oil and incense will rejoice the heart: and the sweetness from his friend from the counsel of the soul.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
And it shall be as the bird fleeing, the nest cast out, the daughters of Moab shall be from the passages to Arnon.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the face of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.
1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad will say to David, Thou shalt not dwell in the fortress; go, and come in for thyself to the land of Judah. And David will go and come to the thicket of Hareth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
And David will say in his heart, Now shall I be added one day into the hand of Saul: nothing good to me but escaping, I will escape into the land of the rovers; and Saul despairing to seek me farther in all the bound of Israel: and I was saved out of his hand.
1 Kings 19:9
And he will go there into a cave and lodge there; and behold, the word of Jehovah to him, and he will say to him, What to thee here Elijah?
Nehemiah 6:11-13
And saying, Shall a man like me flee? and who as I that shall go into the temple and live? I will not go in.
Job 39:14-16
For she will leave her eggs to the earth, and she will warm them in the dust;
Proverbs 21:16
A man wandering from the way of understanding shall rest in the convocation of the shades.
Proverbs 26:2
As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so the curse shall not come in vain.
Jonah 1:3
And Jonah will rise up to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and he will go down to Joppa; and he will find a ship going to Tarshish, and be will give his hire, and he will go down in it to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.
Jonah 1:10-17
And the men will fear a great fear, and they will say to him, What this thou didst? For the men knew that he fled from the face of Jehovah, for he announced to them.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain.
Jude 1:13
Fierce waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom the obseurity of darkness has been kept forever.