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Proverbs 17:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
- KJV
- He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.seeketh: or, procureth
- WEB
- He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
- ASV
- He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
- LSV
- Whoever is covering transgression is seeking love, || And whoever is repeating a matter || Is separating a familiar friend.
- YLT
- Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.
- DBY
- He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends.
- DRC
- He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
- GNV
- Hee that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue: but hee that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.
- JPS
- He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
- LXXE
- He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide them separates friends and kindred.Comp. Heb.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מְֽכַסֶּה־פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὃς κρύπτει ἀδικήματα, ζητεῖ φιλίαν· ὃς δὲ μισεῖ κρύπτειν, διΐστησι φίλους καὶ οἰκείους.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).