16restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.


In Context

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.