Proverbs 25:25New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— [Like] cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— [As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— [As] cold waters to a thirstie soule: so [is] good newes from a farre countrey.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country. |
[ As] cold
7119 {7119} Primeקַרqar{kar}
Contracted from an unused root meaning to chill; cool; figuratively quiet.
waters
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen.
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.
a thirsty
5889 {5889} Primeעָיֵף`ayeph{aw-yafe'}
From H5888; languid.
soul,
5315 {5315} Primeנֶפֶשׁnephesh{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
so [ is] good
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
news
8052 {8052} Primeשְׁמוּעָהsh@muw`ah{sehm-oo-aw'}
Feminine passive participle of H8074; something heard, that is, an announcement.
from a far
y4801 [4801] Standardמֶרְחָקmerchaq{mer-khawk'}
From H7368; remoteness, that is, (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar.
country.
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x4801 (4801) Complementמֶרְחָקmerchaq{mer-khawk'}
From H7368; remoteness, that is, (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar. |
Proverbs 25:25
_ _ (Compare Proverbs 25:13).
_ _ good news — that is, of some loved interest or absent friend, the more grateful as coming from afar. |
Proverbs 25:25
_ _ See here, 1. How natural it is to us to desire to hear good news from our friends, and concerning our affairs at a distance. It is sometimes with impatience that we expect to hear from abroad; our souls thirst after it. But we should check the inordinateness of that desire; if it be bad news, it will come too soon, if good, it will be welcome at any time. 2. How acceptable such good news will be when it does come, as refreshing as cold water to one that is thirsty. Solomon himself had much trading abroad, as well as correspondence by his ambassadors with foreign courts; and how pleasant it was to hear of the good success of his negotiations abroad he well knew by experience. Heaven is a country afar off; how refreshing is it to hear good news thence, both in the everlasting gospel, which signified glad tidings, and in the witness of the Spirit with our spirits that we are God's children. |
Proverbs 25:25
So — Because it comes more rarely and difficultly, after it hath been long expected. |
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Genesis 21:16-19 And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept. ... And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Exodus 17:2-3 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? ... And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Judges 15:18-19 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? ... But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
2 Samuel 23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!
Psalms 42:1-2 [[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.]] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ... My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 63:1 [[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.]] O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Jeremiah 18:14 Will [a man] leave the snow of Lebanon [which cometh] from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
John 7:37 In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ... For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
1 Timothy 1:15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
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