Parallel Verses

NET Bible

Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.

New American Standard Bible

Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A man wandering from his home
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 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As a bird
צפּר צפּור 
Tsippowr 
Usage: 40

נדד 
Nadad 
נדד 
Nadad 
Usage: 28
Usage: 28

קן 
Qen 
Usage: 13

so is a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

All About Life

7 The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. 8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. 9 Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.

Cross References

Isaiah 16:2

At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest.

Genesis 4:16

So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 16:6-8

Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai.

1 Samuel 22:5

Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 27:1-12

David thought to himself, "One of these days I'm going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand."

1 Kings 19:9

He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, "Why are you here, Elijah?"

Nehemiah 6:11-13

But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!"

Job 39:14-16

For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.

Proverbs 21:16

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Jonah 1:3

Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the Lord. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the Lord.

Jonah 1:10-17

Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the Lord, because he had previously told them.)

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

Jude 1:13

wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.

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