Proverbs 27:4

NETBible

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, 1  but who can stand before jealousy? 2 

NIV ©

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

NASB ©

Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?

NLT ©

Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but who can survive the destructiveness of jealousy?

MSG ©

We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?

BBE ©

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

NRSV ©

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?

NKJV ©

Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?

KJV
Wrath
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[is] cruel
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and anger
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[is] outrageous
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but who [is] able to stand
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before
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envy
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{Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
NASB ©
Wrath
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is fierce
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and anger
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is a flood
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, But who
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can stand
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before
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jealousy
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?
LXXM
(34:4) anelehmwn
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A-NSM
yumov
<2372> 
N-NSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
oxeia
<3691> 
A-NSF
orgh
<3709> 
N-NSF
all
<235> 
CONJ
oudena
<3762> 
A-ASM
ufistatai {V-PMI-3S} zhlov
<2205> 
N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL
Wrath
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is cruel
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and anger
<0639>
is overwhelming
<07858>
, but who
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can stand
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before
<06440>
jealousy
<07068>
?
HEBREW
hanq
<07068>
ynpl
<06440>
dmey
<05975>
ymw
<04310>
Pa
<0639>
Pjsw
<07858>
hmx
<02534>
twyrzka (27:4)
<0395>
NETBible

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, 1  but who can stand before jealousy? 2 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “fierceness of wrath and outpouring [= flood] of anger.” A number of English versions use “flood” here (e.g., NASB, NCV, NLT).

2 tn The Hebrew term translated “jealousy” here probably has the negative sense of “envy” rather than the positive sense of “zeal.” It is a raging emotion (like “anger” and “wrath,” this word has nuances of heat, intensity) that defies reason at times and can be destructive like a consuming fire (e.g., 6:32-35; Song 8:6-7). The rhetorical question is intended to affirm that no one can survive a jealous rage. (Whether one is the subject who is jealous or the object of the jealousy of someone else is not so clear.)