Proverbs 27:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

KJV

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

WEB

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

ASV

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

LSV

As a bird wandering from her nest, || So [is] a man wandering from his place.

YLT

As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.

DBY

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

DRC

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

GNV

As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.

JPS

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

LXXE

As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כְּ֭צִפּוֹר נוֹדֶ֣דֶת מִן־קִנָּ֑הּ כֵּֽן־אִ֝֗ישׁ נוֹדֵ֥ד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ ὅταν ὄρνεον καταπετασθῇ ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας νοσσιᾶς, οὕτως ἄνθρωπος δουλοῦται ὅταν ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τόπων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
• Jonah 1:10–17Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said…
• 1 Corinthians 7:20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
• Isaiah 16:2Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
• Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the…
• Genesis 16:6–8“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her. Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the…
• 1 Samuel 22:5Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
• 1 Kings 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
• Proverbs 26:2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
• Job 39:14–16For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them. She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her…
• Genesis 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
• Nehemiah 6:11–13But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!” I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because…
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
• 1 Samuel 27:1–12David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all…

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