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Proverbs 27:8
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Anyone wandering from his homeis like a bird wandering from its nest.
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.
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.
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 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 owne place.
Like a bird that wanders from her nest,So is a man who wanders from his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
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 wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
A man away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.
Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest.
Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
A man wandering from his place is like a bird that wanders from the nest.
He that oft tymes flytteth, is like a byrde yt forsaketh hir nest.
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 wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
As a bird that wandreth from her nest: so is a man that wandreth from his place.
He that oft times flitteth, is like a byrd that forsaketh her nest.
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.
As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man that wanders from his place.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders 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.
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, is a man who strays from his home.
As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
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, So is a man who wanders from his home.
Contextual Overview
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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 thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
And his mother said to him, upon me [be] thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.
Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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."
