Proverbs 27:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

Common English Bible

⁸ Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is one who wanders from home.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

Proverbs 27:8 Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me depart in any wise.

1 Kings 19:9

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Proverbs 21:16

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the congregation of the dead.

Proverbs 26:2

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

Proverbs 27:7

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

Jude 1:13

Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

1 Samuel 22:5

And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.