Proverbs 27:19
Modern Translations
New International Version
As water reflects the face, so one's life reflects the heart.

New Living Translation
As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.

English Standard Version
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Berean Study Bible
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

New American Standard Bible
As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person.

NASB 1995
As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.

NASB 1977
As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.

Amplified Bible
As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man.

Christian Standard Bible
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

Contemporary English Version
You see your face in a mirror and your thoughts in the minds of others.

Good News Translation
It is your own face that you see reflected in the water and it is your own self that you see in your heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As a face is reflected in water, so a person is reflected by his heart.

International Standard Version
Just as water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

NET Bible
As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

New King James Version
As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man.

King James 2000 Bible
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.

New Heart English Bible
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

World English Bible
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

American King James Version
As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.

American Standard Version
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

A Faithful Version
As in water, the face reflects itself, so the heart of man reflects the man.

Darby Bible Translation
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

English Revised Version
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Webster's Bible Translation
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
As [in] water the face [is] to face, "" So the heart of man to man.

Young's Literal Translation
As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.

Smith's Literal Translation
As in water, face to face, so the heart of man to man.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

Catholic Public Domain Version
In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
As faces are not alike, so hearts are not alike.

Lamsa Bible
As faces do not resemble faces, so hearts do not resemble hearts.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.
















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