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Proverbs 27:5

NETBible	Better is open¹ rebuke than hidden² love.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 27:5	Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:5	Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 27:5	An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 27:5	A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 27:5	Better is open protest than love kept secret.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 27:5	Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 27:5	Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
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KJV	Open <01540> (8794) rebuke <08433> [is] better <02896> than secret <05641> (8794) love <0160>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 27:5	Better <02896> is open <01540> rebuke <08433> Than <04480> love <0160> that is concealed <05641> .
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 open¹ rebuke than hidden² love.

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn 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.