Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays 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.
Julia Smith Translation
As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.
King James 2000
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders 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 An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet. 8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place. 9 Perfume and incense will gladden a heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend [is] {personal advice}.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
And this shall be: like a bird fleeing [from] a thrust away nest shall be the daughters of Moab [at the] fords of Arnon.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh, and he settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
And Abram said to Sarai, "Look, your servant [is] {under your authority}. Do to her that which [is] good in your eyes." And Sarai mistreated her, and she fled from her presence.
1 Samuel 22:5
Then Gad the prophet said to David, "You should not stay in the stronghold; leave and go into the land of Judah." So David left and came [to] the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
Then David {thought to himself}, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me but [that] I must certainly escape to the land of [the] Philistines. Then Saul will desist from searching for me further in all of the territories of Israel, and so I will escape from his hand."
1 Kings 19:9
He came to the cave there and spent the night there. Suddenly the [word] of Yahweh came to him and asked him, "{Elijah, what are you doing here}?"
Nehemiah 6:11-13
But I said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!"
Job 39:14-16
Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth, and it lets [them] be warmed on [the] ground,
Proverbs 21:16
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
Proverbs 26:2
Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah set out to flee toward Tarshish from {the presence of} Yahweh. And he went down [to] Joppa and found a merchant ship going [to] Tarshish, and paid her fare, and went on board her to go with them toward Tarshish from {the presence of} Yahweh.
Jonah 1:10-17
Then the men {were greatly afraid}, and they said to him, "What [is] this you have done?" because they knew that he [was] fleeing {from the presence of} Yahweh (because he had told them).
1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.
Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea foaming up their own shameful deeds, wandering stars, for whom the deep gloom of darkness has been reserved for eternity.