Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
KJV
Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.
Vulgate
βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος, ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων.
LXX
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
ASV
כֹּֽבֶד אֶ֭בֶן וְ/נֵ֣טֶל הַ/ח֑וֹל וְ/כַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱוִ֣יל
'vyl
adjective · 26×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
ח֣וֹל
chvl
noun · 23×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
כָּבֵ֥ד
kbd
adjective · 39×
כֹּ֥בֶד
kbd
noun · 4×
נֵ֣טֶל
ntl
noun · 1×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- 1Sam 22:18 — And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
- Dan 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time
- Dan 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time
- Gen 49:7 — Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Job 6:3 — For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- Prov 17:12 — Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
- Prov 18:6 — A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.