Proverbs 25:20New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— [Like] one who takes off a garment on a cold day, [or like] vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— [As] one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— [As] one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre; so [is] he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— [As] he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— As splendour of dress on a cold day—vinegar upon nitre, so is a singer with songs, unto a sad heart.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— [As] hee that taketh away a garment in cold weather; [and as] vineger vpon nitre; so [is] he that singeth songs to an heauy heart.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— As he who takes away a garment from his neighbor in cold weather, as one who drops sand on the string of a musical instrument, as he who afflicts a broken heart, as a moth on a garment, and as a boring-worm on a tree: such is the effect of sorrow on a man's heart.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. |
[ As] he that taketh away
5710 {5710} Primeעָדָה`adah{aw-daw'}
A primitive root; to advance, that is, pass on or continue; causatively to remove; specifically to bedeck (that is, bring an ornament upon).
z8688 <8688> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 857
a garment
899 {0899} Primeבֶּגֶדbeged{behg'-ed}
From H0898; a covering, that is, clothing; also treachery or pillage.
in cold
7135 {7135} Primeקָרָהqarah{kaw-raw'}
Feminine of H7119; coolness.
weather,
3117 {3117} Primeיוֹםyowm{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
[ and as] vinegar
2558 {2558} Primeחֹמֶץchomets{kho'-mets}
From H2566; vinegar.
upon
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
nitre,
5427 {5427} Primeנֶתֶרnether{neh'-ther}
From H5425; mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid).
so [ is] he that singeth
7891 {7891} Primeשִׁירshiyr{sheer}
The second form being the original form, used in (1 Samuel 18:6); a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
songs
7892 {7892} Primeשִׁירshiyr{sheer}
The second form being feminine; from H7891; a song; abstractly singing.
to
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
an heavy
7451 {7451} Primeרָעra`{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
heart.
3820 {3820} Primeלֵבleb{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything. |
Proverbs 25:20
_ _ Not only is the incongruity of songs (that is, joyful) and sadness meant, but an accession of sadness, by want of sympathy, is implied. |
Proverbs 25:20
_ _ 1. The absurdity here censured is singing songs to a heavy heart. Those that are in great sorrow are to be comforted by sympathizing with them, condoling with them, and concurring in their lamentation. If we take that method, the moving of our lips may assuage their grief (Job 16:5); but we take a wrong course with them if we think to relieve them by being merry with them, and endeavouring to make them merry; for it adds to their grief to see their friends so little concerned for them; it puts them upon ripping up the causes of their grief, and aggravating them, and makes them harden themselves in sorrow against the assaults of mirth. 2. The absurdities this is compared to are, taking away a garment from a man in cold weather, which makes him colder, and pouring vinegar upon nitre, which, like water upon lime, puts it into a ferment; so improper, so incongruous, is it to sing pleasant songs to one that is of a sorrowful spirit. Some read it in a contrary sense: As he that puts on a garment in cold weather warms the body, or as vinegar upon nitre dissolves it, so he that sings songs of comfort to a person in sorrow refreshes him and dispels his grief. |
Proverbs 25:20
As vinegar — Which dissolves the nitre, and makes it useless and ineffectual. |
Proverbs 25:20
[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon (o) soda, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
(o) Which melts it, and consumes it. |
- that taketh:
Deuteronomy 24:12-17 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: ... Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Job 24:7-10 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold. ... They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
Isaiah 58:7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
James 2:15-16 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ... And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?
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- vinegar:
Proverbs 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
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- so:
Psalms 137:3-4 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion. ... How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Daniel 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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