proverbs_27:16
Proverbs 27:16
| Hebrew |
צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ צָֽפַן ר֑וּחַplugin-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 וְשֶׁ֖מֶן יְמִינ֣וֹ יִקְרָֽא |
| ESV |
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
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| NIV |
restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
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| NLT |
Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind or trying to hold something with greased hands.
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| LXX | |
| KJV |
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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Proverbs 27:15 ← Proverbs 27:16 → Proverbs 27:17
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