Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
As a 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.
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.
World English Bible
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. 8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul.
Cross References
Isaiah 16:2
And it hath come to pass, As a wandering bird, a nest cast out, Are daughters of Moab, at fords of Arnon.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;
Genesis 16:6-8
And Abram saith unto Sarai, 'Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.
1 Samuel 22:5
And Gad the prophet saith unto David, 'Thou dost not abide in a fortress, go, and thou hast entered for thee the land of Judah;' and David goeth and entereth the forest of Hareth.
1 Samuel 27:1-12
And David saith unto his heart, 'Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'
1 Kings 19:9
And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, and saith to him, 'What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'
Nehemiah 6:11-13
And I say, 'A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'
Job 39:14-16
For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,
Proverbs 21:16
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Proverbs 26:2
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
Jonah 1:3
And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down to Joppa, and findeth a ship going to Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.
Jonah 1:10-17
And the men fear a great fear, and say unto him, 'What is this thou hast done!' for the men have known that from the face of Jehovah he is fleeing, for he hath told them.
1 Corinthians 7:20
Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;
Jude 1:13
wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.