Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays 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 despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of one's friend by advice from the heart.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be as a fleeing bird cast out of the nest, the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your slave woman is in your hand. Do to her as it pleases you. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold. Leave and go into the land of Judah. And David left and came into the forest of Hareth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Nothing is better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines. And Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any border of Israel, and so I shall escape out of his hand.
1 Kings 19:9
And he came there to a cave and stayed there. And behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
Nehemiah 6:11-13
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Job 39:14-16
For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them warm in the dust,
Proverbs 21:16
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of departed spirits.
Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not come.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah. And he went down to Joppa. And he found a ship going to Tarshish. And he gave its fare, and went down into it, in order to go with them to Tarshish, away from the sight of Jehovah.
Jonah 1:10-17
Then the men were afraid with a great fear. And they said to him, What is this you have done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from before the face of Jehovah, because he had told them.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called.
Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea foaming up their shames; wandering stars for whom blackness of darkness has been kept forever.