A wicked messenger falleth into evil: But a faithful ambassador is health.
Proverbs 25:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him: For he refresheth the soul of his masters. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters. American Standard Version (1901) As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters. Common English Bible Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day are reliable messengers to those who send them; they restore the life of their master. Catholic Public Domain Version Just like the cold of snow in a time of harvest, so also is a faithful messenger to him who sent him: he causes his soul to rest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul. |
A wicked messenger falleth into evil: But a faithful ambassador is health.
To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.