Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
but aggravation from a fool 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.
International Standard Version
Rocks are heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation 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
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Context Readings
All About Life
2
a stranger, and not your own lips.
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
but who can withstand jealousy?
Cross References
Proverbs 17:12
than a fool in his foolishness.
Genesis 34:25-26
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi,
Genesis 49:7
and their fury, for it is cruel!
I will disperse them throughout Jacob
and scatter them throughout Israel.
1 Samuel 22:18-19
So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men
Esther 3:5-6
When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.
Daniel 3:19
Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage,
1 John 3:12
unlike Cain,