Proverbs 7:19

In 11 translations

BSB

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

KJV

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

WEB

For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

ASV

For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

LSV

For the man is not in his house, || He has gone on a long journey.

YLT

For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.

DBY

For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

DRC

For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.

GNV

For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.

JPS

For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

LXXE

For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,

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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

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין הָאִ֣ישׁ בְּבֵית֑וֹ הָ֝לַ֗ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκω, πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακράν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 12:45–46But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on…
• Matthew 20:11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
• Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
• Mark 13:34–36It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the…
• Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
• Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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