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Proverbs 27:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 27:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 In restraining her, he restrains wind,[a]
and his right hand will grasp oil[b].
17 As iron sharpens[c] iron,
so one man sharpens another.[d]
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master[e] will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:16 Or “breath, or “spirit”
- Proverbs 27:16 Or “fat”
- Proverbs 27:17 Or “is united with”
- Proverbs 27:17 Literally “a man sharpens the faces of his friend”
- Proverbs 27:18 Or “lord”
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