Proverbs 25:28
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Broken City Control Lacks Restraint Rule Self-Control Spirit Uncontrolled Unwalled Wall Walls
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

New American Standard Bible
Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

King James Bible
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.

International Standard Version
Like a city with breached walls is a man without self-control.

NET Bible
Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like a city breach without a wall, so is an impatient man.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] a city broken into [and] left without a wall, [so] is a person who lacks self-control.

King James 2000 Bible
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

American King James Version
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

American Standard Version
He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.

Darby Bible Translation
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

English Revised Version
He whose spirit is without restraint is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

World English Bible
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Young's Literal Translation
A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!
Lexicon
He
'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)
that hath no rule
ma`tsar  (mah-tsawr')
subjectively, control -- rule.
over his own spirit
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
is like a city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
that is broken down
parats  (paw-rats')
to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
and without walls
chowmah  (kho-maw')
a wall of protection -- wall, walled.
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