3Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.


In Context

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 27:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.