the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Proverbs 27:8
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Like a bird that wanders from her nest,So is a man who wanders from his place.
Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.
He that oft times flitteth, is like a byrd that forsaketh her nest.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place.
A man wandering from his place is like a bird that wanders from the nest.
A man away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest: so is a man that wandreth from his place.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
He that oft tymes flytteth, is like a byrde yt forsaketh hir nest.
People who won't settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.
Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety], So is a man who wanders from his home.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man that wanders from his place.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.
Like a bird that goes away from her nest, so is a man who goes away from his home.
Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest thou repent at last.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.
A person who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.
Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a bird: Job 39:14-16, Isaiah 16:2
man: Proverbs 21:16, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 16:6-8, 1 Samuel 22:5, 1 Samuel 27:1-12, 1 Kings 19:9, Nehemiah 6:11-13, Jonah 1:3, Jonah 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 7:20, Jude 1:13
Reciprocal: Luke 15:13 - and took
Cross-References
and the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
So his mother told him, "Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!"
Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.
But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,.... To seek for food for herself and her young; or that leaves it without returning to it, and so her eggs or her young are exposed, and she herself liable to fall into the hands of birds of prey, or of the fowler, when she would be safe in her nest; as there was a law in Israel in her favour,
Deuteronomy 22:6; or as one that is forced out and obliged to wander from place to place, Isaiah 16:2;
so [is] a man that wandereth from his place; who, in time of famine and distress, goes into other parts for bread, as Jacob's sons went down into Egypt; and such are they in a spiritual sense who leave all, and follow Christ for food for their souls; or who are forced to flee from place to place, and wander about in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth, because of the persecution of their enemies; or rather it is to be taken in an ill sense and applied to such who abide not in the calling whereunto they are called; dislike, and are unsatisfied with, their present business of life, and seek new employments, which oftentimes is to the hurt and detriment of themselves and families; and also to such who wander from the way of spiritual understanding, from the place of divine worship, from the word, ordinances, and commandments of the Lord; see Proverbs 21:16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Change of place is thought of as in itself an evil. It is not easy for the man to find another home or the bird another nest. The maxim is characteristic of the earlier stages of Hebrew history, before exile and travel had made change of country a more familiar thing. Compare the feeling which made the thought of being “a fugitive and a vagabond” Genesis 4:12-13 the most terrible of all punishments.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 27:8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest — Leaving her own brood, places of retreat, and feeding-ground behind, and going into strange countries, where she is exposed to every kind of danger. So is the man who leaves his family connections and country, and goes into strange parts to find employment, better his circumstances, make a fortune, c. I have seen multitudes of such wanderers from their place come to great misery and wretchedness. God's general advice is, "Do good, and dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed."
