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Do Not Boast about Tomorrow

Proverbs 27:19

In 11 translations

BSB
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
KJV
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
WEB
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
ASV
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.
LSV
As [in] water the face [is] to face, || So the heart of man to man.
YLT
As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
DBY
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
DRC
As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.
GNV
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
JPS
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
LXXE
As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.

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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
כַּ֭מַּיִם הַפָּנִ֣ים לַפָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝אָדָ֗ם לָאָדָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις, οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • James 1:22–25Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself…
  • Psalms 33:15He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
  • Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
  • Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

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