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


In Context

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.

19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

Proverbs 27:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:18He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:18The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.