Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.
Proverbs 25:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint. American Standard Version (1901) Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Common English Bible Trusting a treacherous person at a difficult time is like having a bad tooth or a wobbly foot. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever sets his hopes on the unfaithful in a day of anguish is like a rotten tooth and weary foot, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot, |
Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.
For Egypt’s help is worthless and empty; therefore I have called her, “Rahab who sits still.”
See, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them!