the Seventh Week after Epiphany
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Proverbs 20:14
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
“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.
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 [almost] worthless, it is [almost] worthless," says the buyer [as he negotiates the price]; But when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Everyone likes to brag about getting a bargain.
"Really bad stuff!" says the buyer [to the seller]; then he goes off and brags [about his bargain].
'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 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.
"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.
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 good for nothing," [fn] cries the buyer;But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
The buyer haggles over the price, saying, "It's worthless," then brags about getting a bargain!
"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! 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.
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," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, 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.]
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Ech biere seith, It is yuel, it is yuel; and whanne he hath go awey, thanne he schal haue glorie.
`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, 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.
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.
"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
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
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.
