Wine Is a Mocker

Proverbs 20:14

In 10 translations

BSB: “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
KJV: It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
WEB: “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
ASV: It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
LSV: “Bad, bad,” says the buyer, || And then he boasts himself going his way.
YLT: 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
DBY: Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
DRC: It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
GNV: It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
JPS: 'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
Hosea 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).