Proverbs 27:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

KJV

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?Wrath…: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowingenvy: or, jealousy?

WEB

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

ASV

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

LSV

Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?

YLT

Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

DBY

Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

DRC

Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

GNV

Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

JPS

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

LXXE

Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְשֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף וּמִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִפְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργὴ, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ὑφίσταται ζῆλος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
• Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
• James 3:14–16But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish…
• Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• 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.
• Matthew 27:18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
• Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
• James 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
• Genesis 37:11And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
• Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them…
• Song of Songs 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
• James 1:19–21My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth…
• Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
• Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

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