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Proverbs 25:20

NETBible	Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,¹ or like vinegar poured on soda,² so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Singing cheerful songs to a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing someone’s jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in a wound.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Singing light songs to the heavyhearted is like pouring salt in their wounds.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 25:20	Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 25:20	Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, And like vinegar on soda, Is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
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KJV	[As] he that taketh away <05710> (8688) a garment <0899> in cold <07135> weather <03117>_, [and as] vinegar <02558> upon nitre <05427>_, so [is] he that singeth <07891> (8802) songs <07892> to an heavy <07451> heart <03820>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 25:20	Like one who takes <05710> off <05710> a garment <0899> on a cold <07135> day <03117> , or like vinegar <02558> on soda <05427> , Is he who sings <07891> songs <07892> to a troubled <07451> heart <03820> .
LXXM	(32:20) wsper <3746> ADV oxov <3690> N-NSN elkei {V-PAI-3S} asumforon {A-NSN} outwv <3778> ADV prospeson <4363> V-FAPNS payov <3806> N-NSN en <1722> PREP swmati <4983> N-DSN kardian <2588> N-ASF lupei <3076> V-PAI-3S (32:20a) wsper <3746> ADV shv <4674> A-GSF imatiw <2440> N-DSN kai <2532> CONJ skwlhx <4663> N-NSM xulw <3586> N-DSN outwv <3778> ADV luph <3077> N-NSF androv <435> N-GSM blaptei <984> V-PAI-3S kardian <2588> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	Like one who takes off <05710> a garment <0899> on a cold <07135> day <03117> , or like vinegar <02558> poured on <05921> soda <05427> , so is one who sings <07891> songs <07892> to <05921> a heavy <07451> heart <03820> .
HEBREW	P er <07451> bl <03820> le <05921> Myrsb <07892> rsw <07891> rtn <05427> le <05921> Umx <02558> hrq <07135> Mwyb <03117> dgb <0899> hdem (25:20) <05710>

NETBible

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,¹ or like vinegar poured on soda,² so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.³

NET Notes

¹tc The consonants of the Hebrew text of this verse are similar to the consonants in v. 19. The LXX has a much longer reading: “Like vinegar is bad for a wound, so a pain that afflicts the body afflicts the heart. Like a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the pain of a man wounds the heart” (NRSV follows much of the LXX reading; NAB follows only the second sentence of the LXX reading). The idea that v. 20 is a dittogram is not very convincing; and the Greek version is too far removed to be of help in the matter.

²tn The second simile mentions pouring vinegar on soda. The LXX has “scab,” but that does not fit as a sensitive thing. The reference is to sodium carbonate (natural in Egypt) which can be neutralized with vinegar.

³sn It is inappropriate and counterproductive to sing songs to a heavy heart. One needs to be sensitive to others (e.g., 1 Sam 19:9).