Proverbs 25:20

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

Darby Translation ☆

[As] he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

Noyes Bible ☆

As he that taketh off a garment on a cold day, As vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

[As] he that taketh off his garment on a cold day, [as] vinegar is upon natron: so is he that singeth songs before an unhappy heart.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

King James Version ☆

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, And as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Webster Bible ☆

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

Revised Version ☆

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As vinegar is bad for a sore, So trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. a As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, So the grief of a man hurts the heart.

World English Bible ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World English Bible Classic ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World English Bible Updated ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World Messianic Bible ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

As he that taketh away a beged (garment) on a cold day, and as chometz (vinegar) upon lye, so is he that singeth shirim (songs) to a lev rah (heavy heart).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

كَنَزْعِ ٱلثَّوْبِ فِي يَوْمِ ٱلْبَرْدِ، كَخَلٍّ عَلَى نَطْرُونٍ، مَنْ يُغَنِّي أَغَانِيَّ لِقَلْبٍ كَئِيبٍ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

စိတ်ညှိုးငယ်သောသူအား သီချင်းဆိုသောသူ သည် ဆောင်းကာလ၌ အဝတ်ကို ချွတ်သောသူ၊ ယမ်းစိမ်းပေါ်မှာ ပုံးရည်ကို လောင်းသောသူနှင့်တူ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

စိတ် ညှိုးငယ် သောသူအား သီချင်း ဆို သောသူသည် ဆောင်း ကာလ ၌ အဝတ် ကို ချွတ် သောသူ၊ ယမ်း စိမ်းပေါ် မှာ ပုံးရည် ကို လောင်းသောသူနှင့်တူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Poek angpho kami khaeah laasah kami loe siktue ah laihaw angkhring kami, zencing nuiah kathaw tui bawh baktiah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Boethae lungbuei te laa neh aka hlai khaw, khosik tue vaengah himbai aka pit, a thuui dongah lunghuem bangla om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Boethae lungbuei te laa neh aka hlai khaw, khosik tue vaengah himbai aka pit, a thuui dongah lunghuem bangla om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

对伤心的人唱歌， 就如冷天脱衣服， 又如硷上倒醋。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

對傷心的人唱歌， 就如冷天脫衣服， 又如鹼上倒醋。

World Chinese Bible ☆

对忧伤的心唱歌， 就像寒冷天脱去衣服， 又像把醋倒在碱上。

Croatian Bible ☆

Kao onaj koji skida haljinu u zimski dan ili ocat lije na ranu, takav je onaj tko pjeva pjesmu turobnu srcu.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jako ten, kdož svláčí oděv v čas zimy, a ocet lije k sanitru, tak kdož zpívá písničky srdci smutnému.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Som at lægge Frakken, når det er Frost, og hælde surt over Natron, så er det at synge for mismodig Mand.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Die liederen zingt bij een treurig hart, is gelijk hij, die een kleed aflegt ten dage der koude, en als edik op salpeter.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Als azijn op hoofdzeer Zo werkt het zingen van liederen op een slecht humeur.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiel demeto de vesto en tempo de malvarmo, kiel vinagro sur natro, Tiel estas kantado de kantoj al koro suferanta.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

[Comme] celui qui ôte son vêtement en un jour de froid, [comme] du vinaigre sur le nitre, tel est celui qui chante des chansons à un cœur affligé.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Celui qui chante des chansons à un cœur affligé, est comme celui qui ôte son vêtement en un temps froid, et comme du vinaigre répandu sur le nitre.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Oter son vêtement dans un jour froid, Répandre du vinaigre sur du nitre, C’est dire des chansons à un cœur attristé.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Comme celui qui ôte son vêtement par temps froid, ou comme du vinaigre sur de la soude, tel est celui qui chante des chansons à un cœur attristé.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Einer, der das Oberkleid ablegt am Tage der Kälte, Essig auf Natron: so, wer einem traurigen Herzen Lieder singt.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer einem betrübten Herzen Lieder singt, das ist, wie wenn einer das Kleid ablegt am kalten Tage, und wie Essig auf der Kreide.

German Textbibel ☆

Wie einer, der am kalten Tage das Kleid ablegt, wie Essig auf bösen Grind, also ist, wer einem betrübten Herzen Lieder singt.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wie einer, der an einem kalten Tage das Kleid auszieht oder Essig auf Natron gießt, so ist, wer einem mißmutigen Herzen Lieder singt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὥσπερ ὄξος ἕλκει ἀσύμφορον, οὕτως προσπεσὸν πάθος ἐν σώματι καρδίαν λυπεῖ. 20α ὥσπερ σὴς ἐν ἱματίῳ καὶ σκώληξ ξύλῳ, οὕτως λύπη ἀνδρὸς βλάπτει καρδίαν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὥσπερ ὄξος ἕλκει ἀσύμφορον, οὕτως προσπεσὸν πάθος ἐν σώματι καρδίαν λυπεῖ· a ὥσπερ σὴς ἐν ἱματίῳ καὶ σκώληξ ξύλῳ, οὕτως λύπη ἀνδρὸς βλάπτει καρδίαν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Chante mereng pou yon moun ki nan lapenn, se tankou moun ki wete tout rad sou li nan fredi, se tankou si ou prije sitwon sou yon malenng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea lawe aku i ke kapa i ka wa anu, A o ka vinega hoi ma ka paakai, Oia ke mele aku i ke mele i ka mea naau kaumaha.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּיֹ֣ום קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מעדה בגד ביום קרה חמץ על נתר ושר בשרים על לב רע׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Chi canta canzoni presso di un cuor dolente È come chi si toglie la vesta d'addosso in giorno di freddo, E come l'aceto sopra il nitro.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Cantar delle canzoni a un cuor dolente è come togliersi l’abito in giorno di freddo, e mettere aceto sul nitro.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

寒い日に衣服を脱がせる者や、 重曹に酢を注ぐ者のように、 心の重い者に歌を歌うのも、そのようなものだ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

마음이 상한 자에게 노래하는 것은 추운 날에 옷을 벗음 같고 쏘다 위에 초를 부음 같으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom fin yuk on in srital nu sin sie mwet su arulana fohsak nunak la, ac oapana ke kom eisla nuknuk liki sie mwet ke pacl mihsrisr, ku sang sohl nu ke sie kinet.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

et amittit pallium in die frigoris. Acetum in nitro, qui cantat carmina cordi pessimo. Sicut tinea vestimento, et vermis ligno, ita tristitia viri nocet cordi.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

سراییدن سرودها برای دلتنگ، مثل کندن جامه در وقت سرما و ریختن سرکه بر شوره است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Como aquele que tira a roupa num dia de frio, ou vinagre sobre a ferida, assim é aquele que canta canções para o coração aflito.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Quem canta canções ao coração aflito é como aquele que tira a roupa num dia frio, ou como vinagre sobre salitre.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Ca cel ce îți scoate haina pe vreme rece și ca oțetul pe silitră, așa este cel ce cântă cântece unei inimi îndurerate.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ка унул каре ышь скоате хайна пе о зи рече сау варсэ оцет пе силитрэ, аша есте чине кынтэ кынтече уней инимь ын ненорочире.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Что снимающий с себя одежду в холодный день, что уксус на рану, то поющий песни печальному сердцу. Как моль одежде и червь дереву, так печаль вредит сердцу человека.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko peva pesme žalosnom srcu, on je kao onaj koji svlači haljinu na zimi, i kao ocat na salitru.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко пева песме жалосном срцу, он је као онај који свлачи хаљину на зими, и као оцат на салитру.

Mashi Bible ☆

Okuhogola ensirha n’emboho eri, kubà kubulagira enkalishi oku cibânde, kuyimbira omurhima guli burhè.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El que canta canciones al corazón afligido, es como el que quita la ropa en tiempo de frío, ó el que sobre el jabón echa vinagre.

Spanish BLL ☆

Quitarse la ropa cuando hace frío o echar vinagre sobre el bicarbonato, es como cantarle canciones alegres a un corazón que está triste.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Como el que se quita la ropa en tiempo de frío, o como el vinagre sobre el nitro, así es el que canta canciones al corazón afligido.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Como el que se quita la ropa en clima frío y como el ácido en una herida, es el que hace melodía a un corazón triste.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Como el que se quita la ropa en tiempo frío Y como vinagre sobre el bicarbonato de sodio Es cantar canciones al corazón afligido.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku hangē ko e tangata ʻoku toʻo ʻo ʻave ha kofu ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momoko, pea hangē ko e fefiofi ʻae vaimahi mo e naita, ʻoku pehē ʻaia ʻoku hiva ʻaki ʻae ngaahi fasi ki he loto māfasia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Роздягти в день холодний, й налити оцту в рану, — все одно, що сьпівати піснї зжуреному серцю.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Роздягти в день холодний, й налити оцту в рану, — все одно, що сьпівати піснї зжуреному серцю.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ai hát cho lòng buồn thảm nghe, Khác nào kẻ lột áo mình khi ngày lạnh, Và như giấm đổ trên diêm tiêu vậy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃ פ