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


In Context

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.

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

Proverbs 27:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:19As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:19As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:19As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.