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Proverbs 25:20

20  As he that ltaketh away a garment in cold weather,

And as vinegar upon mnitre,

So is he nthat singeth songs to an heavy heart.

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Proverbs 25:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,

or like vinegar poured on a wound,

is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

20 Whoever sings songs to a heavy heart

is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,

and like vinegar on soda.

Proverbs 25:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart

is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather

or pouring vinegar in a wound.

Proverbs 25:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,

And like vinegar on soda,

Is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Singing songs to someone who is sad

is like taking away his coat on a cold day

or pouring vinegar on soda.

Proverbs 25:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda,

So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 ⸤Like⸥ taking off a coat on a cold day 

or pouring vinegar on baking soda, 

so is singing songs to one who has an evil heart. 

Proverbs 25:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Singing songs to a troubled heart

is like taking off clothing on a cold day

or like pouring vinegar on soda.

Proverbs 25:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Like vinegar on a wound

is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood,

sorrow gnaws at the human heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on natron,

is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 You may sing songs to a troubled heart.

But that’s like taking a coat away on a cold day.

It’s like pouring vinegar on baking soda.

Proverbs 25:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda,

Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.


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