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Proverbs 20:14

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

KJV

Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor ; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.

Vulgate

καὶ ὁ ποιῶν αὐτὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτοῦ συνποδισθήσεται, νεανίσκος μετὰ ὁσίου· καὶ εὐθεῖα ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ.

LXX

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

ASV

רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַ/קּוֹנֶ֑ה וְ/אֹזֵ֥ל ל֝֗/וֹ אָ֣ז יִתְהַלָּֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
אָזַ֣ל
'zl
verb · 5×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.