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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 25:23
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The north wind produces rain,and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The north wind brings rain, And a gossiping tongue brings an angry face.
As the north wind brings rain, telling gossip brings angry looks.
The north wind brings forth rain; And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain,And a tongue of secrets, an indignant face.
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
As surely as rain blows in from the north, anger is caused by cruel words.
The north wind brings rain and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Just as wind blowing from the north brings rain, telling secrets brings anger.
Like the north wind which brings forth rain, so are an evil countenance and a backbiting tongue.
Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.
The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.
The north wind brings rain, so does a secret tongue an angry face.
The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.
The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.
The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The north wind scatereth reynes; and a sorewful face distrieth a tunge bacbitinge.
The north wind brings forth rain: So does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger!
The north wind brings rain, and a tongue that hurts people brings angry looks.
The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.
The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
north: Job 37:22
driveth: etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance, Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.
so: Proverbs 26:20, Psalms 15:3, Psalms 101:5, Romans 1:30, 2 Corinthians 12:20
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - a wind Exodus 23:1 - shalt not 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Proverbs 13:17 - but Proverbs 29:12 - General Ephesians 4:26 - ye Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking
Cross-References
Abraham married a second time; his new wife was named Keturah. She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
But Abraham gave everything he possessed to Isaac. While he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons he had by his concubines, but then sent them away to the country of the east, putting a good distance between them and his son Isaac.
Abraham lived 175 years. Then he took his final breath. He died happy at a ripe old age, full of years, and was buried with his family. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, next to Mamre. It was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried next to his wife Sarah. After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived at Beer Lahai Roi.
This is the family tree of Ishmael son of Abraham, the son that Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham.
These are the names of Ishmael's sons in the order of their births: Nebaioth, Ishmael's firstborn, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah—all the sons of Ishmael. Their settlements and encampments were named after them. Twelve princes with their twelve tribes.
Ishmael lived 137 years. When he breathed his last and died he was buried with his family. His children settled down all the way from Havilah near Egypt eastward to Shur in the direction of Assyria. The Ishmaelites didn't get along with any of their kin.
The boys grew up. Esau became an expert hunter, an outdoorsman. Jacob was a quiet man preferring life indoors among the tents. Isaac loved Esau because he loved his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
The messengers came back to Jacob and said, "We talked to your brother Esau and he's on his way to meet you. But he has four hundred men with him."
And these are the kings who ruled in Edom before there was a king in Israel: Bela son of Beor was the king of Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became the next king. When Jobab died, he was followed by Hushan from the land of the Temanites. When Hushan died, he was followed by Hadad son of Bedad; he was the king who defeated the Midianites in Moab; the name of his city was Avith. When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah became the next king. When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River became king. When Shaul died, he was followed by Baal-Hanan son of Acbor. When Baal-Hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad became king; the name of his city was Pau; his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab.
Moses sent emissaries from Kadesh to the king of Edom with this message: "A message from your brother Israel: You are familiar with all the trouble we've run into. Our ancestors went down to Egypt and lived there a long time. The Egyptians viciously abused both us and our ancestors. But when we cried out for help to God , he heard our cry. He sent an angel and got us out of Egypt. And now here we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your land.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The north wind driveth away rain,.... So the geographer w says, the swift north wind drives away the moist clouds; which usually come from the opposite quarter, the south. The word used has the signification of conceiving, and begetting, and bringing forth; hence some x render it to a different sense, and so the Targum,
"the north wind bringeth forth rain;''
and in this sense Gersom interprets it, and says,
"the north wind produces rain in Jerusalem, because it brings there the vapours that ascend from the sea, which lies north unto it;''
and the philosopher y says, that in the northern parts of the world the south wind produces rain; and in the southern parts the north wind produces it, as in Judea. But in Job 37:22, fair, fine, golden, serene, "weather", is said to "come out of the north"; agreeably to which, the north wind is by Homer z called αιθρηγενετης, the producer of serene weather; and by Virgil a "clarus aquilo", i.e. what makes serene. The Arabic version reads it, "the south wind"; and that does bring rain, and, as that version has it, excites the clouds. But the first reading and sense of the words seem best b, and agree with what follows:
so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue; drives it away, discourages and silences it. When a man puts on a stern countenance, a frowning and angry look, on such who bring him slanderous reports and idle tales of their neighbours, and reproach and backbite them, it checks them, and puts a stop to their practices; whereas listening to them, and especially with an air of pleasure, encourages them in them; were there not so many that take pleasure in hearing those talebearers and backbiters, were they more roughly dealt with, as the blustering north wind does with the rain, there would not be so much of this evil practised.
w Dionysii Perieg. v. 532. x תחולל "parturiet", Montanus; "gignit", Junius Tremellius "parturit", Schultens. y Aristot. Metaphysic. l. 2. z Iliad. 19. v. 358. Odyss. 5. v. 295. a Georgic. l. 1. prope finem. b "Ventorum frigidissimi quos a septentrione diximus spirare, et reliquos compescunt, et nubes abigunt", Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 47.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was probably in the thought of the writer.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 25:23. The north wind driveth away rain — The margin has, "The north wind bringeth forth rain." It is said that the "north wind brings forth rain at Jerusalem, because it brings with it the vapours arising from the sea that lies north of it." The marginal is the true reading; and is supported by the Chaldee, Syriac, and Septuagint; but the Arabic reads south wind.
A backbiting tongue — A hidden tongue.
