Proverbs 25:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

New Living Translation
Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty.

English Standard Version
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Berean Study Bible
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

New American Standard Bible
Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.

NASB 1995
Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.

NASB 1977
Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.

Amplified Bible
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a distant land.

Christian Standard Bible
Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.

Contemporary English Version
Good news from far away refreshes like cold water when you are thirsty.

Good News Translation
Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from far away.

International Standard Version
Cold water to someone who is thirsty — that's what good news from a distant land is.

NET Bible
Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

New King James Version
As cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a far country.

King James 2000 Bible
As cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

New Heart English Bible
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

World English Bible
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

American King James Version
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

American Standard Version
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

A Faithful Version
Like cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Darby Bible Translation
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

English Revised Version
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Webster's Bible Translation
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(25:24) Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A good reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde water to a thyrstie soule.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[As] cold waters for a weary soul, "" So [is] a good report from a far country.

Young's Literal Translation
As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country.

Smith's Literal Translation
Cold waters to the fainting soul, and a good message from a land far off.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so too are good reports from a far away land.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Like cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news that comes from a distant land.

Lamsa Bible
Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
As cold waters to a faint soul, So is good news from a far country.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.
















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