14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:14
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
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Verse 14
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[Like] cloudsנְשִׂיאִ֣יםH5387Noun - masculine pluraland windוְ֭רוּחַH7307Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singularwithoutאָ֑יִןH369Adverbrainוְגֶ֣שֶׁםH1653Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular[is] the manאִ֥ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwho boastsמִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗לH1984Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularof giftsבְּמַתַּת־H4991Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructnever givenשָֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singular