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Proverbs 27:5

5 Better is aopen rebuke

Than love that is concealed.

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Proverbs 27:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Proverbs 27:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

An open rebuke

is better than hidden love!

Proverbs 27:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Open rebuke is better

Than love carefully concealed.

Proverbs 27:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

It is better to correct someone openly

than to have love and not show it.

Proverbs 27:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Better is open rebuke

Than love that is hidden.

Proverbs 27:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Open criticism is better than unexpressed love. 

Proverbs 27:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Better an open reprimand

than concealed love.

Proverbs 27:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Better a rebuke that is open

than a love that is hidden.

Proverbs 27:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Being warned openly is better

than being loved in secret.


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