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Proverbs 25:23
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The north wind produces rain,and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings rain, And a gossiping tongue brings an angry face.
As the north wind brings rain, telling gossip brings angry looks.
The north wind brings forth rain; And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain,And a tongue of secrets, an indignant face.
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
As surely as rain blows in from the north, anger is caused by cruel words.
The north wind brings rain and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Just as wind blowing from the north brings rain, telling secrets brings anger.
Like the north wind which brings forth rain, so are an evil countenance and a backbiting tongue.
Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.
The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.
The north wind brings rain, so does a secret tongue an angry face.
The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.
The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.
The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The north wind scatereth reynes; and a sorewful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge.
The north wind brings forth rain: So does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!
The north wind brings rain, and a tongue that hurts people brings angry looks.
The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.
The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.
A north wind brings stormy weather, and a gossipy tongue stormy looks.
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
north: Job 37:22
driveth: etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance, Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.
so: Proverbs 26:20, Psalms 15:3, Psalms 101:5, Romans 1:30, 2 Corinthians 12:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - a wind Exodus 23:1 - shalt not 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Proverbs 13:17 - but Proverbs 29:12 - General Ephesians 4:26 - ye Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking
Cross-References
"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her."
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!"
Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.
But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The north wind driveth away rain,.... So the geographer w says, the swift north wind drives away the moist clouds; which usually come from the opposite quarter, the south. The word used has the signification of conceiving, and begetting, and bringing forth; hence some x render it to a different sense, and so the Targum,
"the north wind bringeth forth rain;''
and in this sense Gersom interprets it, and says,
"the north wind produces rain in Jerusalem, because it brings there the vapours that ascend from the sea, which lies north unto it;''
and the philosopher y says, that in the northern parts of the world the south wind produces rain; and in the southern parts the north wind produces it, as in Judea. But in Job 37:22, fair, fine, golden, serene, "weather", is said to "come out of the north"; agreeably to which, the north wind is by Homer z called αιθρηγενετης, the producer of serene weather; and by Virgil a "clarus aquilo", i.e. what makes serene. The Arabic version reads it, "the south wind"; and that does bring rain, and, as that version has it, excites the clouds. But the first reading and sense of the words seem best b, and agree with what follows:
so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue; drives it away, discourages and silences it. When a man puts on a stern countenance, a frowning and angry look, on such who bring him slanderous reports and idle tales of their neighbours, and reproach and backbite them, it checks them, and puts a stop to their practices; whereas listening to them, and especially with an air of pleasure, encourages them in them; were there not so many that take pleasure in hearing those talebearers and backbiters, were they more roughly dealt with, as the blustering north wind does with the rain, there would not be so much of this evil practised.
w Dionysii Perieg. v. 532. x תחולל "parturiet", Montanus; "gignit", Junius Tremellius "parturit", Schultens. y Aristot. Metaphysic. l. 2. z Iliad. 19. v. 358. Odyss. 5. v. 295. a Georgic. l. 1. prope finem. b "Ventorum frigidissimi quos a septentrione diximus spirare, et reliquos compescunt, et nubes abigunt", Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 47.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was probably in the thought of the writer.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 25:23. The north wind driveth away rain — The margin has, "The north wind bringeth forth rain." It is said that the "north wind brings forth rain at Jerusalem, because it brings with it the vapours arising from the sea that lies north of it." The marginal is the true reading; and is supported by the Chaldee, Syriac, and Septuagint; but the Arabic reads south wind.
A backbiting tongue — A hidden tongue.
