Proverbs 25:20 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

WEB:

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

YLT:

Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

Proverbs 25:20 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 25:19 Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:20 [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon {o} soda, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
(o) Which melts it, and consumes it.

WES:

25:20 As vinegar - Which dissolves the nitre, and makes it useless and ineffectual.

MHC:

25:19. Confidence in an unfaithful man is painful and vexatious; when we put any stress on him, he not only fails, but makes us feel for it. 20. We take a wrong course if we think to relieve those in sorrow by endeavouring to make them merry. 21,22. The precept to love even our enemies is an Old Testament commandment. Our Saviour has shown his own great example in loving us when we were enemies. 23. Slanders would not be so readily spoken, if they were not readily heard. Sin, if it receives any check, becomes cowardly. 24. It is better to be alone, than to be joined to one who is a hinderance to the comfort of life. 25. Heaven is a country afar off; how refreshing is good news from thence, in the everlasting gospel, which signifies glad tidings, and in the witness of the Spirit with our spirits that we are God's children! 26. When the righteous are led into sin, it is as hurtful as if the public fountains were poisoned. 27. We must be, through grace, dead to the pleasures of sense, and also to the praises of men. 28. The man who has no command over his anger, is easily robbed of peace. Let us give up ourselves to the Lord, and pray him to put his Spirit within us, and cause us to walk in his statutes.

CONC:

Acid Clothing Cold Garment Heart Heavy Makes Melody Nitre Poured Sad Singer Singeth Sings Soda Songs Takes Taketh Taking Troubled Vinegar Weather Wound

Acid Clothing Cold Garment Heart Heavy Makes Melody Nitre Poured Sad Singer Singeth Sings Soda Songs Troubled Vinegar Weather Wound

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