Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
KJV
Nubes, et ventus, et pluviæ non sequentes, vir gloriosus et promissa non complens.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ ἄνεμοι καὶ νέφη καὶ ὑετοὶ ἐπιφανέστατα, οὕτως ὁ καυχώμενος ἐπὶ δόσει ψευδεῖ.
LXX
As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
ASV
נְשִׂיאִ֣ים וְ֭/רוּחַ וְ/גֶ֣שֶׁם אָ֑יִן אִ֥ישׁ מִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ל בְּ/מַתַּת שָֽׁקֶר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
גָּֽשֶׁם
gshm
noun · 35×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
מַתַּ֥ת
mtt
noun · 6×
נְשִׂיאֵ֣י
nshy'y
noun · 130×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Pet 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- Gal 6:3 — For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
- Jas 4:16 — But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
- Jude 1:12 — These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Prov 20:6 — Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Prov 20:6 — Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
- Rom 1:22 — Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Rom 15:18 — For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,