Proverbs 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
KJV
Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις, οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
LXX
As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man.
ASV
כַּ֭/מַּיִם הַ/פָּנִ֣ים לַ/פָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב הָ֝/אָדָ֗ם לָ/אָדָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
י
y
noun · 591×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- Ps 33:15 — He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
- Ps 33:15 — He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.