Verse List for PROV 25:25

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B I ◄ ← Prov 25:25 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Good news from a distant country, ⇔ is like cool water for a tired person.

OET-LV Water cool on a _person weary and_a _report good from_a _land _of distance.

ULT Cool water over a weary soul, ⇔ so, is good news from a distant land.

UST When people hear something good from a faraway place, ⇔  it is as refreshing as drinking cold water when one is thirsty.

BSB & MSB [Like] cold water to a weary soul ⇔  [is] good news from a distant land.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Like cold water to a thirsty soul, ⇔  so is good news from a far country.

NET Like cold water to a weary person, ⇔ so is good news from a distant land.

LSV [As] cold waters for a weary soul,
So [is] a good report from a far country.

FBV Good news from a distant country is like cold water to an exhausted traveler.

T4T ⇔  Receiving good news from a country far away refreshes our spirits ⇔  like [SIM] cold water refreshes us when we are very thirsty.

LEB • Like cold water[fn] upon a weary soul,[fn]
• so too is good news from a distant place.

BBE As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

Moff Like cold water to the thirsty, ⇔  so good news from a far land is refreshing.

JPS As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country.

ASV As cold waters to a thirsty soul, ⇔ So is good news from a far country.

DRA As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country.

YLT [As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.

Drby [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

RV As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

SLT Cold waters to the fainting soul, and a good message from a land far off.

Wbstr As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

KJB-1769 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

KJB-1611 As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.
(As cold waters to a thirsty soul: so is good newes from a far country.)

Bshps Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule.
(Good newes from a strange country, are as cold water to a thirsty soul.)

Gnva As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
(As are the cold waters to a weary soul, so is good newes from a far countery.)

Cvdl A good reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde water to a thyrstie soule.
(A good reporte out of a far country, is like cold water to a thirstie soul.)

Wycl Coold watir to a thirsti man; and a good messanger fro a fer lond.
(Coold water to a thirsti man; and a good messenger from a far land.)

Luth Ein gut Gerücht aus fernen Landen in wie kalt Wasser einer durstigen SeeLE.
(A good rumour out_of distant land(n) in as/like cold/frigid water one/a thirstyn soul.)

ClVg Aqua frigida animæ sitienti, et nuntius bonus de terra longinqua.[fn]
(Aqua frigida soul thirsty, and messenger good/kind/gracious from/about earth/land distant.)

UHB מַ֣יִם קָ֭רִים עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּ⁠שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָֽק׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ψυχῇ διψώσῃ προσηνὲς, οὕτως ἀγγελία ἀγαθὴ ἐκ γῆς μακρόθεν.

BrTr As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.