the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Proverbs 20:14
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The buyer haggles over the price, saying, "It's worthless," then brags about getting a bargain!
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
Buyers say, "This is bad. It's no good." Then they go away and brag about what they bought.
"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
"Worthless, worthless!" says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
Everyone likes to brag about getting a bargain.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
"Really bad stuff!" says the buyer [to the seller]; then he goes off and brags [about his bargain].
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
When buying something, people always say, "It's no good. It costs too much." Then they go away and tell others what a good deal they got.
'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
"It is bad, it is bad," says the one who buys, but when he goes away, he talks much about his good buy.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
A friend says to his friend, I have made a gain; then he boasts.
The customer always complains that the price is too high, but then he goes off and brags about the bargain he got.
Bad! bad! saith the buyer, but, going his way, then, he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth [of his peny worth.]
“It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,but after he is on his way, he gloats.
"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but when one goes to him, then he will boast.
Bad! Bad! says the buyer, but when it is left to him, then he boasts.
`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde.
The shopper says, "That's junk—I'll take it off your hands," then goes off boasting of the bargain.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
"It is good for nothing," [fn] cries the buyer;But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer,But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
It is naught: Ecclesiastes 1:10, Hosea 12:7, Hosea 12:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:6
Reciprocal: Proverbs 21:6 - getting
Cross-References
Therefore Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
Abraham said [again] of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem].
"So now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her [to him], know that you shall die, you and all who are yours (your household)."
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer,.... When he comes to the shop of the seller, or to market to buy goods, he undervalues them, says they are not so good as they should be, nor so cheap as he can buy them at;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth; after he has brought the seller to as low a price as he can, and has bought the goods, and gone away with them, and got home among his friends; then he boasts what a bargain he has bought, how good the commodity is, how he has been too many for the seller, and has outwitted him; and so glories in his frauds and tricks, and rejoices in his boasting, and all such rejoicing is evil, James 4:16. Jarchi applies this to a man that is a hard student in the law, and through much difficulty gets the knowledge of it, when he is ready to pronounce himself unhappy; but when he is got full fraught with wisdom, then he rejoices at it, and glories in it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Naught - Bad, worthless 2 Kings 2:19.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 20:14. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer — How apt are men to decry the goods they wish to purchase, in order that they may get them at a cheaper rate; and, when they have made their bargain and carried it off, boast to others at how much less than its value they have obtained it! Are such honest men? Is such knavery actionable? Can such be punished only in another world? St. Augustine tells us a pleasant story on this subject: A certain mountebank published, in the full theatre, that at the next entertainment he would show to every man present what was in his heart. The time came, and the concourse was immense; all waited, with deathlike silence, to hear what he would say to each. He stood up, and in a single sentence redeemed his pledge: -
VILI vultis EMERE, et CARO VENDERE.
You all wish to BUY CHEAP, and SELL DEAR." He was applauded; for every one felt it to be a description of his own heart, and was satisfied that all others were similar. "In quo dicto levissimi scenici omnes tamen conscientias invenerunt suas.'-DE TRINITATE, lib. xiii., c. 3; OPER. vol. vii., col. 930.
