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Proverbs 20:14

American Standard Version

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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Proverbs 20:14 in other translations

“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Proverbs 20:14 · World English Bible

Proverbs 20:14 in context

  1. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
  2. 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  3. 14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
  4. 15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
  5. 16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.