Proverbs 27:3

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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.	A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.	Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A stone^H68 is heavy^H3514, and the sand^H2344 weighty^H5192; but a fool's^H191 wrath^H3708 is heavier^H3515 than them both^H8147.

Original Hebrew

כֹּבֶד־אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחֹול וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כֹּֽבֶד	koed-	H3514	HNcmsc	(the) heaviness of
אֶ֭בֶן	'E.ven	H68	HNcfsa	a stone
וְ/נֵ֣טֶל	ve./Ne.tel	H5192	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) weight of
הַ/ח֑וֹל	ha./Chol	H2344	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ sand
וְ/כַ֥עַס	ve./Kha.'as	H3708	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) provocation of
אֱ֝וִ֗יל	'e.Vil	H191	HAamsa	a fool
כָּבֵ֥ד	ka.Ved	H3515	HAamsa	(is) heavy
מִ/שְּׁנֵי/הֶֽם	mi./she.nei./Hem	H8147	HR/Acmdc/Sp3mp	more than/ both of/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
H2344 — חוֹל (chôwl, khole): from חוּל; sand (as round or whirling particles); sand.
H3514 — כֹּבֶד (kôbed, ko'-bed): from כָּבַד; weight, multitude, vehemence; grievousness, heavy, great number.
H3515 — כָּבֵד (kâbêd, kaw-bade'): from כָּבַד; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid); (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
H3708 — כַּעַס (kaʻaç, kah'-as): or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from כַּעַס; vexation; anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
H5192 — נֵטֶל (nêṭel, nay'-tel): ; from נָטַל; a burden; weighty.
H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

but — Genesis 34:25-26, Genesis 49:7, 1 Samuel 22:18-19, Esther 3:5-6, Proverbs 17:12, Daniel 3:19, 1 John 3:12

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