| Proverbs 27:17 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens the wits of another.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| ASV: | Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| BBE: | Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend. |
| DBY: | Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| ERV: | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| JPS: | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| WBS: | Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| WEB: | Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance. |
| YLT: | Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. |
| Proverbs 27:17 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 27:16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand.
Proverbs 27:18 He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a {g} man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
(g) One hasty man provokes another to anger. |
| WES: | 27:17 Iron - Iron tools are made sharp and fit for use, by rubbing them against the file, or some other iron. The countenance - The company or conversation of his friend. |
| MHC: | 27:15,16. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain. 17. We are cautioned to take heed whom we converse with. And directed to have in view, in conversation, to make one another wiser and better. 18. Though a calling be laborious and despised, yet those who keep to it, will find there is something to be got by it. God is a Master who has engaged to honour those who serve him faithfully. 19. One corrupt heart is like another; so are sanctified hearts: the former bear the same image of the earthly, the latter the same image of the heavenly. Let us carefully watch our own hearts, comparing them with the word of God. 20. Two things are here said to be never satisfied, death and sin. The appetites of the carnal mind for profit or pleasure are always desiring more. Those whose eyes are ever toward the Lord, are satisfied in him, and shall for ever be so. 21. Silver and gold are tried by putting them into the furnace and fining-pot; so is a man tried by praising him. 22. Some are so bad, that even severe methods do not answer the end; what remains but that they should be rejected? The new-creating power of God's grace alone is able to make a change. 23-27. We ought to have some business to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, and not to meddle with what we do not understand. We must be diligent and take pains. Let us do what we can, still the world cannot be secured to us, therefore we must choose a more lasting portion; but by the blessing of God upon our honest labours, we may expect to enjoy as much of earthly blessings as is good for us. |
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