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Proverbs 25:14

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14zWhoso boasteth himself †of a false gift

Is like aclouds and wind without rain.

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Footnotes

  1. zSo ch. 20:6.
  2. †Heb. in a gift of falsehood. So ver. 18 (Heb.), &c.

Cross references

  1. aJude 12.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like clouds and wind without rain

is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like clouds and wind without rain

is one who boasts of gifts never given.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist

is like clouds and wind without rain.

NLTNew Living Translation

A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it

is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like clouds and wind when there is no rain,

so too is a man who boasts in a gift of deception.