Proverbs 27:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 3 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Whoever attempts to restrain [a contentious woman] might as well try to stop the wind–his right hand encounters oil [and she slips through his fingers].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ anyone who can control her can control the wind or pick up oil in his hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.

Proverbs 27:16 Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

2 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

Proverbs 27:17

4 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

John 12:3

1 Because many of the Jews, by reason of him, went away, and believed in Jesus.