Proverbs 27:3
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27:3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but vexation7 by a fool is more burdensome8 than the two of them.
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- 7 The subject matter is the vexation produced by a fool. The term כַּעַס (ca’as) means “vexation” (); provocation” (, , , ); “anger” ( “wrath”) and usually refers to undeserved treatment. Cf. “the resentment caused by a fool.” The same noun is used in 1 Sam 1:6, 16 for the “provocation” given to Hannah by Peninnah for being barren.
- 8 The contrast is made between dealing with the vexation of a fool and physical labor (moving stones and sand). More tiring is the vexation of a fool, for the mental and emotional effort it takes to deal with it is more draining than physical labor. It is, in the sense of this passage, almost unbearable.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand,
but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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