Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
Proverbs 27:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- KJV
- Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- WEB
- Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
- ASV
- Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
- LSV
- Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
- YLT
- Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
- DBY
- Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- DRC
- Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
- GNV
- Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
- JPS
- Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.
- LXXE
- Open reproofs are better than secret love.
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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
- ט֭וֹבָה תּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 28:23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- 1 Timothy 5:20But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- Galatians 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live…
- Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).