Proverbs 27:16

¹⁴ If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

¹⁵ A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

¹⁸ Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: Den som holder på henne, holder på vind, og hans høyre hånd griper i olje.
OTB: Å prøve å holde henne tilbake er som å holde vinden eller gripe olje med hånden.
B1930: Den som holder på henne, holder på vind, og hans høire hånd griper i olje.

BSB: restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
KJV: Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
WEB: restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
ASV: He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.
DARBY: whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
BLB: hiding her is hiding the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

John 12:3
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
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