Proverbs 25:14
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25:14Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain,25
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- 25 The emblem now is one of clouds and winds that would be expected to produce rain; they gain attention and raise people’s expectations but prove to be disappointing when no rain is forthcoming, and hence could be thought of as deceitful.
- 26 The form מִתְהַלֵּל (mithallel) is the Hitpael participle of the well-known word for “praise”; but in this stem it means “to praise oneself” or “to boast.” The description of “windbag” seems appropriate in this context.
- 27 Heb “a gift of falsehood.” This would mean that the individual brags about giving a gift, when there is no gift.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like clouds and wind without rain
is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Like clouds and wind without rain
is one who boasts of gifts never given.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it
is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.
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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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift
Is like clouds and wind without rain.
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