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Proverbs 25:28

28 Like a city whose walls are broken through

is a person who lacks self-control.

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Proverbs 25:28 — English Standard Version (ESV)

28 A man without self-control

is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit

Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)

28 A person without self-control

is like a city with broken-down walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

28 Whoever has no rule over his own spirit

Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — New Century Version (NCV)

28 Those who do not control themselves

are like a city whose walls are broken down.

Proverbs 25:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)

28 He whose spirit is without restraint

Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

Proverbs 25:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

28 ⸤Like⸥ a city broken into ⸤and⸥ left without a wall, 

⸤so⸥ is a person who lacks self-control. 

Proverbs 25:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

28 A man who does not control his temper

is like a city whose wall is broken down.

Proverbs 25:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

28 Like a city breached, without walls,

is one who lacks self-control.

Proverbs 25:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

28 A breached city where there is no wall

is like a man who has no self-control for his spirit.

Proverbs 25:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

28 A man who can’t control himself

is like a city whose walls are broken down.

Proverbs 25:28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

28 Like a city that is broken into and without walls

Is a man who has no control over his spirit.


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