Proverbs 20:14
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New International Version (© 2011)
"It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer-- then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

King James Bible
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

American Standard Version
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Young's Literal Translation
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

Proverbs 20:14 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer - How apt are men to decry the goods they wish to purchase, in order that they may get them at a cheaper rate; and, when they have made their bargain and carried it off, boast to others at how much less than its value they have obtained it! Are such honest men? Is such knavery actionable? Can such be punished only in another world? St. Augustine tells us a pleasant story on this subject: A certain mountebank published, in the full theater, that at the next entertainment he would show to every man present what was in his heart. The time came, and the concourse was immense; all waited, with deathlike silence, to hear what he would say to eaeh. He stood up, and in a single sentence redeemed his pledge: -

Vili vultis Emere, et Caro Vendere.

You all wish to Buy Cheap, and Sell Dear."

He was applauded; for every one felt it to be a description of his own heart, and was satisfied that all others were similar. "In quo dicto levissimi scenici omnes tamen conscientias invenerunt suas.' - De Trinitate, lib. xiii., c. 3; Oper. vol. vii., col. 930.

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Ecclesiastes 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us.

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1 Thessalonians 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such...

Proverbs 20:14 Parallel Commentaries
Bad Boasteth Boasts Buyer Clear Goes Good Goods Makes Money Naught Poor Pride Purchase Way
Bad Boasteth Boasts Buyer Clear Goes Good Goods Makes Money Naught Poor Pride Purchase Way
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