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Proverbs 27:4

NETBible	Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming,¹ but who can stand before jealousy?²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 27:4	Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:4	Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy?
NLT © biblegateway Pro 27:4	Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but who can survive the destructiveness of jealousy?
MSG © biblegateway Pro 27:4	We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 27:4	Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 27:4	Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 27:4	Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, But who is able to stand before jealousy?
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KJV	Wrath <02534> [is] cruel <0395>_, and anger <0639> [is] outrageous <07858>_; but who [is] able to stand <05975> (8799) before <06440> envy <07068>_? {Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:4	Wrath <02534> is fierce <0395> and anger <0639> is a flood <07858> , But who <04310> can stand <05975> before <06440> jealousy <07068> ?
LXXM	(34:4) anelehmwn <415> 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 <02534> is cruel <0395> and anger <0639> is overwhelming <07858> , but who <04310> can stand <05975> 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

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

²tn 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.)