Verse List for PROV 25:23

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OET (OET-RV) The northerly wind brings rain with it, ⇔ and a gossipping tongue brings indignant looks.

OET-LV A _wind _of the_north it _brings _forth rain and_faces indignant a _tongue _of secrecy.

ULT The wind of the north brings forth rain, ⇔ and indignant faces, a tongue of secrecy.

UST When wind blows from the north, that produces rain. ⇔  Similarly, when people tell the secrets of others, that produces angry people.

BSB & MSB As the north wind brings forth rain, ⇔  so a backbiting tongue [brings] angry looks.

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WEBBE & WMBB The north wind produces rain; ⇔  so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

NET The north wind brings forth rain, ⇔ and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

LSV A north wind brings forth rain,
And a secret tongue—indignant faces.

FBV In the same way that the north wind brings rain, slandering people makes them angry.

T4T ⇔  When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; ⇔  similarly [SIM], if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.

LEB • The wind of the north produces rain,
• and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

BBE As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

Moff North winds bring rain ⇔  slander brings angry looks.

JPS The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

ASV The north wind bringeth forth rain; ⇔ So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

DRA The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.

YLT A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue — indignant faces.

Drby The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

RV The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
(The north wind bringeth/brings forth rain: so doeth/does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.)

SLT The north wind will set free the rain, and an angry face, a hidden tongue.

Wbstr The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

KJB-1769 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.[fn]
(The north wind driveth/drives away rain: so doeth/does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.)

KJB-1611 [fn]The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
(The northwinde driveth away the rain: even so doeth/does an angry countenance a backbiters tongue.)

Gnva As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
(As the North wind driveth/drives away the rain, so doeth/does an angry countenance the slandering tongue.)

Cvdl The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.
(The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doeth/does an earnest sober countenance a backbyters tongue.)

Wycl The north wind scatereth reynes; and a sorewful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge.
(The north wind scattereth/scatters reins; and a sorrowful face distrieth a tongue bacbitinge.)

Luth Der Nordwind bringet Ungewitter, und die heimliche Zunge macht sauer Angesicht.
(The north_wind brings/gets storm, and the secret tongue power sour face.)

ClVg Ventus aquilo dissipat pluvias, et facies tristis linguam detrahentem.
(Ventus to_the_north dissipat rains, and faces sad/bitter tongue/language take_awayntem.)

UHB ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פוֹן תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם וּ⁠פָנִ֥ים נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים לְשׁ֣וֹן סָֽתֶר׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἄνεμος Βορέας ἐξεγείρει νέφη, πρόσωπον δὲ ἀναιδὲς γλῶσσαν ἐρεθίζει·

BrTr The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.