25Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.


In Context

22 for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and Yahweh will reward you.

23 The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

27 It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Proverbs 25:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:25[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.