Proverbs 27:5

NETBible

Better is open 1  rebuke than hidden 2  love.

NIV ©

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

NASB ©

Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.

NLT ©

An open rebuke is better than hidden love!

MSG ©

A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.

BBE ©

Better is open protest than love kept secret.

NRSV ©

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

NKJV ©

Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.

KJV
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NETBible

Better is open 1  rebuke than hidden 2  love.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “revealed” or “uncovered” (Pual participle from גָּלָה, galah). This would specify the reproof or rebuke as direct, honest, and frank, whether it was coming from a friend or an enemy.

2 tn The Hebrew term translated “hidden” (a Pual participle from סָתַר, satar) refers to a love that is carefully concealed; this is contrasted with the open rebuke in the first line. What is described, then, is someone too timid, too afraid, or not trusting enough to admit that reproof is a genuine part of love (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 610). It is a love that is not expressed in proper concern for the one loved. See also, e.g., 28:23 and 29:3.