14|It's no good, it's no good,| says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.


In Context

11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.

13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

14 |It's no good, it's no good,| says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

Proverbs 20:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:14[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:14"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:14It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:14'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:14It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.