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
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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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