Proverbs 27:8

27:8 Like a bird that wanders ¹  from its nest,

so is a person who wanders from his home. ² 

[27:8]  ¹ tn The form נוֹדֶדֶת (nodedet) is the Qal participle from נָדַד (nadad), “to wander; to stray; to flutter; to retreat; to depart”; cf. NIV, NRSV, NLT “strays.” It will be directly paralleled with the masculine participle in the second colon.

[27:8]  ² tn Heb “place” (so KJV, ASV); most other English versions translate as “home.”