Verse List for PROV 27:17

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B I ◄ ← Prov 27:17 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Iron sharpens iron, ⇔ ≈ and one neighbour sharpens another.

OET-LV Iron by_iron it _grows _sharp and_anyone he _sharpens the _face _of his/its_neighbour.

ULT Iron sharpens against iron, ⇔ and a man sharpens the face of his neighbor.

UST We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool; similarly, when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help another person to think more clearly.

BSB & MSB As iron sharpens iron, ⇔  so one man sharpens another.[fn]

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB ⇔  Iron sharpens iron; ⇔  so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

NET As iron sharpens iron, ⇔ so a person sharpens his friend.

LSV Iron is sharpened by iron,
And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

FBV An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.

T4T ⇔  We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool; ⇔  similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.

LEB • As iron sharpens[fn] iron,
• so one man sharpens another .[fn]

BBE Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

Moff As iron whets iron, ⇔  so one man whets another.

JPS Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

ASV Iron sharpeneth iron; ⇔ So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

DRA Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

YLT Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Drby Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

RV Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

SLT Iron will sharpen upon iron; and a man will sharpen the face of his friend.

Wbstr Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

KJB-1769 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

KJB-1611 Iron sharpeneth iron: so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Like as one iron whetteth another, so doth one man comfort another.
(Like as one iron whetteth another, so doeth/does one man comfort another.)

Gnva Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
(Yron sharpeneth iron, so doeth/does man sharpen the face of his friend.)

Cvdl Like as one yro whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.
(Like as one iron whetteth another, so doeth/does one man comfort another.)

Wycl Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.
(Yrun is whettid by irun; and a man whettith the face of his friend.)

Luth Ein Messer wetzt das andere und ein Mann den andern.
(A Messer wetzt the other/different and a man the change/modify.)

ClVg Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.[fn]
(Iron with_iron exacuitur, and man exacuit face friends self.)

UHB בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּ⁠בַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝⁠אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽ⁠הוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Σίδηρος σίδηρον ὀξύνει, ἀνὴρ δὲ παροξύνει πρόσωπον ἑταίρου.

BrTr Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance.