Proverbs 25:14 · King James Version
Proverbs 25:14 in the Original Hebrew
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Proverbs 25:14 in Other Translations
| KJV | Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. |
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| WEB | As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively. |
| ASV | As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely. |
| YLT | Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift. |
| WBT | Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain. |
| DBY | Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false gift. |
Commentary on Proverbs 25:14
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John Gill · Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift,.... Of his charity and alms deeds; bragging of great things he does this way, when he does nothing; or who is very vain in making large promises of what he will give, when he does not perform; either not having it in his heart, or in the power of his hands, to give what he promises; Satan like, who offered to give all the kingdoms of this world to Christ, if he would worship him, when nothing of it belonged unto him, or was in his power to give: and so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "a glorious man"; that is, a vainglorious man, and "not fulfilling promises". It may very well be applied to false teachers, who boast of their gifts and spiritual knowledge, when they have none; speaking great swelling words of vanity, when they are empty of all that is good, and are as follow:
is like like clouds and wind without rain; which make a show and appearance of rain, promise much, but produce none; see Pe2 2:17, Jde 1:12.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Proverbs 25:14
clouds--literally, "vapors" (Jer 10:13), clouds only in appearance.
a false gift--promised, but not given.
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Questions about Proverbs 25:14
What does Proverbs 25:14 say?
Proverbs 25:14 in the King James Version reads: “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.” Read it in the full context of Proverbs 25, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Proverbs 25:14 found in the Bible?
Proverbs 25:14 is in the book of Proverbs, chapter 25, verse 14, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Proverbs 25:14 shown in?
This is the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Proverbs 25:14 in the table on this page.
He may be said to boast of a false gift, 1. Who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, which he never gave, makes a noise of his great accomplishments and his good services, but it is all false; he is not what he pretends to be. Or, 2. Who promises what he will give and what he will do, but performs nothing, who raises people's expectations of the mighty things he will do for his country, for his friends, what noble legacies he will leave, but either he has not wherewithal to do what he says or he never designs it. Such a one is like the morning-cloud, that passes away, and disappoints those who looked for rain from it to water the parched ground (Jde 1:12), clouds without water.