Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
New American Standard Bible
Than he who
King James Version
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Holman Bible
than one who flatters
International Standard Version
Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor than someone who flatters with his words.
A Conservative Version
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
American Standard Version
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Amplified
He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Bible in Basic English
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
Darby Translation
He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Julia Smith Translation
He reproving a man, afterwards shall find favor more than he smoothing the tongue.
King James 2000
He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
Modern King James verseion
He who rebukes a man shall afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that rebuketh a man, shall find more favour at the last, than he that flattereth him.
NET Bible
The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
New Heart English Bible
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
The Emphasized Bible
He that reproveth a man, shall, afterwards, find more, favour, than he that useth a flattering tongue.
Webster
He that rebuketh a man afterward shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.
World English Bible
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Themes
Flattery » Those that flatter with the tongue
Flattery » Seldom gains respect
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
22 Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him. 23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. 24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:5-6
Better is open reproof than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15
'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan saith unto David, 'Thou art the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
1 Kings 1:23
and they declare to the king, saying, 'Lo, Nathan the prophet;' and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth.
1 Kings 1:32-40
And king David saith, 'Call for me for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah son of Jehoiada;' and they come in before the king.
Psalm 141:5
The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.
Proverbs 29:5
A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
Galatians 2:11
And when Peter came to Antioch, to the face I stood up against him, because he was blameworthy,
2 Peter 3:15-16
and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,