Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.

New American Standard Bible

Like a city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

King James Version

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Holman Bible

A man who does not control his temper
is like a city whose wall is broken down.


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A Conservative Version

He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.

American Standard Version

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Amplified


Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected]
Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].

Bible in Basic English

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

Darby Translation

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

Julia Smith Translation

A city being broken down, and not a wall, a man who restrains not to his spirit.

King James 2000

He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A breached city [where] there is no wall [is like] a man who {has no} self-control for his spirit.

Modern King James verseion

He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that can not rule himself, is like a city which is broken down, and hath no walls.

NET Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

New Heart English Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

The Emphasized Bible

A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.

Webster

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

World English Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Youngs Literal Translation

A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מעצר 
Ma`tsar 
Usage: 1

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

is like a city
עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

References

American

Smith

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

27 To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory. 28 Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.


Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

Whoever controls his temper is better than a warrior, and anyone who has control of his spirit is better than someone who captures a city.

1 Samuel 20:30

Saul flew into a rage and told Jonathan, "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you have chosen Jesse's son to your shame and to the shame of your mother who bore you?

2 Chronicles 32:5

Hezekiah took courage and rebuilt all of the walls that had been broken down. Then he erected watch towers on them, and added another external wall. He fortified the terrace ramparts in the City of David and prepared a large number of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 1:3

They told me, "The survivors of the captivity there in the province are living in great distress and shame. Furthermore, the Jerusalem wall remains broken down and its gates have been burned by fire."

Proverbs 22:24

Don't make friends with a hot-tempered man, and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, be aware of this and consider what you should do. Calamity is being planned against our master and against his entire household. He's such a worthless person that no one can talk to him."

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