16restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.


In Context

13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.

17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

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

Proverbs 27:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:16restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself.