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Proverbs 20:14

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 20:14 in other translations

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

Proverbs 20:14 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:14 in context

  1. 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
    Yahweh has made even both of them.
  2. 13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
    Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
  3. 14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
    but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
  4. 15There is gold and abundance of rubies,
    but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
  5. 16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.