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 | Open <01540> (8794) rebuke <08433> [is] better <02896> than secret <05641> (8794) love <0160>_. |
NASB © |
Better <2896> is open <1540> rebuke <8433> Than <4480> love <160> that is concealed .<5641> |
LXXM | (34:5) kreissouv <2908> A-NPM elegcoi <1650> N-NPM apokekalummenoi <601> V-RMPNP kruptomenhv <2928> V-PMPGS filiav <5373> N-GSF |
NET [draft] ITL | Better <02896> is open <01540> rebuke <08433> than hidden <05641> love .<0160> |
HEBREW | trtom <05641> hbham <0160> hlgm <01540> txkwt <08433> hbwj (27:5) <02896> |
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. |