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ר֣וּחַplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigרוּחַ hebrew Meaning: * Wind * Breath * Spirit Noun. Occurs about 380 times in the Old Testament. Though usually feminine, רוּחַ sometimes takes masculine verbs and adjectives, especially when referring to the Spirit of God (רוּחַ יְהוָה).Exodus 10:13Genesis 6:17Genesis 41:8Proverbs 16:32Ecclesiastes 12:7Genesis 1:2Judges 3:10Ezekiel 36:27Genesis 2:7John 3:8Genesis 1:2Genesis 8:1 צָ֭פוֹן תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל גָּ֑שֶׁם וּפָנִ֥יםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigפָנִים hebrew Meaning: * Face * Presence * Front or surface Noun. Masculine. Although it looks plural in form (ending in -ים), it is almost always used as a singular in meaning - a type of plural of intensity or plural of form common in Hebrew for body parts that come in pairs or have multiple aspects. נִ֝זְעָמִ֗ים לְשׁ֣וֹן סָֽתֶר |
| ESV |
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
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| NIV |
As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.
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| NLT |
As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!
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| LXX | |
| KJV |
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
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Proverbs 25:22 ← Proverbs 25:23 → Proverbs 25:24
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