Proverbs 27:3

In 11 translations

BSB

A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

KJV

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.heavy: Heb. heaviness

WEB

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

ASV

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

LSV

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, || And the anger of a fool || Is heavier than them both.

YLT

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

DBY

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

DRC

A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

GNV

A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

JPS

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

LXXE

A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

LXX-Br

Βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος, ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Daniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
• 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
• 1 Samuel 22:18–19So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. He also put to the…
• Proverbs 17:12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
• Genesis 34:25–26Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. They killed Hamor and his son…
• Esther 3:5–6When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he…

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