Proverbs 27:8
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
- KJV
- As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- WEB
- As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
- ASV
- As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
- DARBY
- As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- BLB
- Like a bird wandering from her nest, so [is] a man wandering from his place.
- ÅB
- Lik en spurv som flyver omkring borte fra sitt rede, er en mann som vanker om borte fra sitt hjem.
- OTB
- Som en fugl som vandrer fra sitt rede, slik er en person som forlater sitt hjem.
- B1930
- Lik en spurv som flyver omkring borte fra sitt rede, er en mann som vanker om borte fra sitt hjem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Read in contextIsaiah 16:2
Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
Read in contextJonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:20
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
Read in contextJonah 1:10–17
Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Read in contextGenesis 16:6–8
“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
Read in context1 Samuel 22:5
Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
Read in context1 Kings 19:9
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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