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

it is naught

Ecclesiastes 1:10 Nothing under the sun is new, neither is any man able to say: Behold this is new: for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before us.

Hosea 12:7,8 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression. . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:6 And that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before and have testified.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread. 14It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.15There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.…
Cross References
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

Ezekiel 7:12
The time is come, the day is at hand: let not the buyer rejoice: nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the people thereof.

Lexicon
“Worthless,
רַ֣ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

worthless!”
רַ֭ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

says
יֹאמַ֣ר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the buyer,
הַקּוֹנֶ֑ה (haq·qō·w·neh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

but on the way out,
וְאֹזֵ֥ל (wə·’ō·zêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 235: To go away, to disappear

he gloats.
יִתְהַלָּֽל׃ (yiṯ·hal·lāl)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1984: To shine


Additional Translations
“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

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

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

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

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

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

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