Verse List for PROV 25:14

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OET (OET-RV) A person who boasts about a gift that never comes ⇔ is like clouds and wind without rain.

OET-LV clouds and_spirit and_rain there_is_not a _person who_boasts in_a _gift _of falsehood.

ULT Clouds and wind but without rain ⇔ is the man who boasts in a gift of falsehood.

UST People who brag about giving something but then do not give it ⇔  are as disappointing as clouds and wind that do not bring rain.

BSB & MSB [Like] clouds and wind without rain ⇔  [is] the man who boasts of gifts never given.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB As clouds and wind without rain, ⇔  so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

NET Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, ⇔ so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

LSV Clouds and wind without rain,
[Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.

FBV Someone who boasts about a gift they never give is like cloud and wind without rain.

T4T ⇔  When someone promises to give a gift to us but never gives it, ⇔  that disappoints us as much as [SIM] clouds and wind that come but do not bring any rain.

LEB • Like clouds and wind when there is no rain,
• so too is a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

BBE As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.

Moff Clouds and wind that bring no rain-- ⇔  like him who promises what he never gives!

JPS As vapours and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of a false gift.

ASV As clouds and wind without rain, ⇔ So is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

DRA As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfill his promises.

YLT Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.

Drby Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.

RV As clouds and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

SLT Clouds and wind and not rain, a man boasting in a gift of falsehood.

Wbstr Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

KJB-1769 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.[fn]
(Whoso/Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Who so boasteth himselfe of a false gift, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.
(Whoso/Whoever maketh/makes great boasts and giveth/gives nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.)

Gnva A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
(A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like clouds and wind without rain.)

Cvdl Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth nothinge, is like cloudes & wynde without rayne.
(Whoso/Whoever maketh/makes great boasts and giveth/gives nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.)

Wycl A cloude and wind, and reyn not suynge, is a gloriouse man, and not fillynge biheestis.
(A cloud and wind, and rain not suing, is a glorious man, and not filling behests/promises.)

Luth Wer viel geredet und hält nicht, der ist wie Wolken und Wind ohne Regen.
(Who many talked and holds not, the/of_the is as/like clouds and wind without rain(n).)

ClVg Nubes, et ventus, et pluviæ non sequentes, vir gloriosus et promissa non complens.[fn]
(Nubes, and wind(n), and rain not/no following, man glorious and promises not/no complens.)

UHB נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭⁠רוּחַ וְ⁠גֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּ⁠מַתַּת־שָֽׁקֶר׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ ἄνεμοι καὶ νέφη καὶ ὑετοὶ, ἐπιφανέστατα, οὕτως ὁ καυχώμενος ἐπὶ δόσει ψευδεῖ.

BrTr As winds and clouds and rains are most evident objects, so is he that boasts of a false gift.