Parallel Verses
World English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
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 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.
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 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home. 9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
For it will be that as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
Genesis 4:16
Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 16:6-8
But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
1 Samuel 22:5
The prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."
1 Kings 19:9
He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
Nehemiah 6:11-13
I said, "Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."
Job 39:14-16
For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust,
Proverbs 21:16
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Proverbs 26:2
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
Jonah 1:10-17
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, because he had told them.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.