17Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.


In Context

14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

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

17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

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

Proverbs 27:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:17As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.