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Proverbs 27:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Proverbs 27:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind[a]
or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.
18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:16 Heb obscure
Proverbs 27:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 27:16-18
New International Version
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:16-18
King James Version
Proverbs 27:16-18
King James Version
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Proverbs 27:16-18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 27:16-18
English Standard Version
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp[a] oil in one's right hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[b]
18 (A)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who (B)guards his master will be honored.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:16 Hebrew to meet with
- Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
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