Proverbs 27:3

Proverbs 27:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
• New International Version (NIV)Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

Context of Proverbs 27:3

1Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring. 2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. 4Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy? 5Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.

Proverbs 27:3 word by word

כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• A stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• is heavyכֹּ֫בֶדkôbed · heavinessH3514
• and the sandחוֹלchôl · sandH2344
• weightyנֵ֫טֶלnêţel · weightH5192
• But the provocationכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• of a foolאֱוִיל'ĕvîyl · fool(ish)H191
• is heavierכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
• thanמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Proverbs 27:3

• Proverbs 17:12Let a person meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his foolishness.
• Genesis 34:25Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob’s sons--Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers--each took his sword and came upon the city undetected, and killed every male.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them in Jacob, And disperse them among Israel.
• 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You, turn around and attack the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
• Esther 5:6As they drank their wine at the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, for it shall be granted to you. And what is your wish? Up to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”
• Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
• 1 John 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

Commentaries on Proverbs 27:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Compare Sirach 22:15; a like comparison between the heaviest material burdens and the more intolerable load of unreasoning passion.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-4Verses 3-4 Those who have no command of their passions, sink under the load.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Fools create strong resentment with their foolish words and actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. heavy--The literal sense of "heavy," applied to material subjects, illustrates its figurative, "grievous," applied to moral. a fool's wrath--is unreasonable and excessive.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 27:3

• Anger

In the dictionaries

• Answer
• Boast
• Bray
• Contentious
• Look
• Soul
• Wrath
• Grief; Grieve
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Hezekiah (2)

Commentaries on Proverbs 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings