20Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.


In Context

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house- too much of you, and he will hate you.

18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

19 Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in times of trouble.

20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.

Proverbs 25:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:20[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:20And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:20As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:20As he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:20As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:20As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:20Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:20As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar on nitre, so is he that singes songs to an heavy heart.