Proverbs 25:28 - Revised Version 1885 He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hath no rule over his own spirit Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. [Prov. 16:32.] American Standard Version (1901) He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls. Common English Bible A person without self-control is like a breached city, one with no walls. Catholic Public Domain Version Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking. |