Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.
New American Standard Bible
But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
King James Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Holman Bible
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
A Conservative Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.
American Standard Version
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Amplified
Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.
Bible in Basic English
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
Darby Translation
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Julia Smith Translation
A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.
King James 2000
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.
Modern King James verseion
A stone is heavy, and sand is heavy; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
NET Bible
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
New Heart English Bible
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
The Emphasized Bible
Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
Webster
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.
World English Bible
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
Youngs Literal Translation
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips. 3 Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both. 4 Wrath can be fierce and anger overwhelms but who can stand up to jealousy?
Cross References
Proverbs 17:12
It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.
Genesis 34:25-26
Three days later, while they were still in pain, Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, each grabbed a sword and entered the city unannounced, intending to kill all the males.
Genesis 49:7
Their anger is cursed, because it is so fierce, as is their vehemence, because it is so cruel. I will separate them throughout Jacob's territory and disperse them throughout Israel."
1 Samuel 22:18-19
Then the king told Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod.
Esther 3:5-6
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel and bow down to him, he flew into a rage.
Daniel 3:19
Out of control with rage, Nebuchadnezzar's facial expression changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he ordered that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.
1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.