Proverbs 25:14
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English Standard Version
Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

New American Standard Bible
Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

King James Bible
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.

International Standard Version
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.

NET Bible
Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
As when there are clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasts of false gifts.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] a dense fog or a dust storm, [so] is a person who brags about a gift that he does not give.

King James 2000 Bible
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.

American King James Version
Whoever boasts himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

American Standard Version
As clouds and wind without rain,'so is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfil his promises.

Darby Bible Translation
Clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift.

English Revised Version
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

World English Bible
As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

Young's Literal Translation
Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.
Lexicon
Whoso
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
boasteth
halal  (haw-lal')
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
himself of a false.
sheqer  (sheh'-ker)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) -- without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
gift
mattath  (mat-tawth')
a present -- gift.
is like clouds
nasiy'  (naw-see')
an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
and wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
without rain
geshem  (gheh'-shem)
a shower -- rain, shower.
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