箴言 27:8

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

離家的人到處飄泊，好像離巢的雀鳥到處遊飛一樣。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
人 离 本 处 飘 流 ， 好 像 雀 鸟 离 窝 游 飞 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ A person who leaves his home is like a bird that leaves its nest.

Bible Verse Review
  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

Genesis 25:23
The Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your body, and two groups of people will be taken from you. One group will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

Genesis 27:13
So Rebekah said to him, "If your father puts a curse on you, I will accept the blame. Just do what I said. Go get the goats for me."

Genesis 27:43
So, my son, do what I say. My brother Laban is living in Haran. Go to him at once!

Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered them, "You decide what God would want. Should we obey you or God?

Acts 5:29
Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not human authority!

Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do.

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."