Verse List for PROV 25:28

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B I ◄ ← Prov 25:28 ↓ ► ═ ©

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

OET (OET-RV) A person who has no self-control, ⇔ is like a city where the walls have been broken down.

OET-LV A _city _of broken _into there_is_not a _wall a _person whom there_is_not control for_spirit _of_his.

ULT A breached city without a wall ⇔ is a man who has no restraint for his spirit.

UST People who cannot control themselves ⇔  are as defenseless as a city that an army has broken into and knocked down its walls.

BSB & MSB Like a city whose walls are broken down ⇔  is a man who does not control his temper.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Like a city that is broken down and without walls ⇔  is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

NET Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, ⇔ so is a person who cannot control his temper.

LSV A city broken down without walls,
[Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

FBV Someone without control is as exposed as a town whose walls have been breached.

T4T ⇔  People who ◄cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry► are unable to defend their behavior; ⇔  that is like having a city without a wall around it, with the result that no one can defend it.

LEB • A breached city where there is no wall
• is like a man who has no[fn] self-control for his spirit.

BBE He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

Moff A man with no control over himself ⇔  is like a town with broken walls.

JPS Like a city broken down and without a wall, so is he whose spirit is without restraint.

ASV He whose spirit is without restraint ⇔ Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

DRA As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.

YLT A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

Drby He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.

RV He whose spirit is without restraint is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.
(He whose spirit is without restraint is like a city that is broken down and hath/has no wall.)

SLT A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.

Wbstr He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

KJB-1769 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
(He that hath/has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.)

KJB-1611 Hee that hath no rule ouer his owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken downe, and without walles.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles.
(He that cannot rule himself, is like a city which is broken down and hath/has no walls.)

Gnva A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
(A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a city which is broken down and without walls.)

Cvdl He that can not rule himself, is like a cite, which is broken downe, and hath no walles.
(He that cannot rule himself, is like a city, which is broken down, and hath/has no walls.)

Wycl As a citee opyn, and with out cumpas of wallis; so is a man that mai not refreyne his spirit in speking.
(As a city open, and with out compass/all_around of walls; so is a man that may not refreyne his spirit in speaking.)

Luth Ein Mann, der seinen Geist nicht halten kann, ist wie eine offene Stadt ohne Mauern.
(A man, the/of_the his spirit not hold/keep can, is as/like a/one open city without walls.)

ClVg Sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu, ita vir qui non potest in loquendo cohibere spiritum suum.][fn]
(Like city/town open and without of_walls ambitu, so/thus man who/which not/no can in/into/on speaking cohibere spirit his_own.])

UHB עִ֣יר פְּ֭רוּצָה אֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֑ה אִ֝֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֖ין מַעְצָ֣ר לְ⁠רוּחֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὥσπερ πόλις τὰ τείχη καταβεβλημένη καὶ ἀτείχιστος, οὕτως ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐ μετὰ βουλῆς τι πράσσει.

BrTr As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.