Proverbs 25:20 - The Message Singing light songs to the heavyhearted is like pouring salt in their wounds. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda. [Dan. 6:18; Rom. 12:15.] American Standard Version (1901) As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Common English Bible Singing a song to a troubled heart is like taking off a garment on a cold day or putting vinegar on a wound. Catholic Public Domain Version and like one who loosens his garment in cold weather. Whoever sings verses to a wicked heart is like vinegar on baking soda. Just like a moth to a garment, and a worm to wood, so too does the sadness of a man do harm to the heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart. |