Compare Translations for Proverbs 27:17

Share

PREVIOUS Proverbs 27:16 NEXT Proverbs 27:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (CSB)
English Standard Version
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (ESV)
King James Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (KJV)
The Message Bible
17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (MSG)
New American Standard Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another .
Read Proverbs (NAS)
New International Version
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (NIV)
New King James Version
17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (NKJV)
New Living Translation
17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Read Proverbs (NLT)
New Revised Standard
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
Read Proverbs (NRS)
American Standard Version
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (ASV)
The Bible in Basic English
17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
Read Proverbs (BBE)
Common English Bible
17 As iron sharpens iron, so friends sharpen each other's faces.
Read Proverbs (CEB)
Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
17 As iron sharpens iron, so friends sharpen each other's faces.
Read Proverbs (CEBA)
The Complete Jewish Bible
17 Just as iron sharpens iron, a person sharpens the character of his friend.
Read Proverbs (CJB)
The Darby Translation
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (DBY)
Good News Translation
17 People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
Read Proverbs (GNT)
Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
17 People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
Read Proverbs (GNTA)
GOD'S WORD Translation
17 [As] iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens the wits of another.
Read Proverbs (GW)
Hebrew Names Version
17 Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
Read Proverbs (HNV)
Jubilee Bible 2000
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (JUB)
King James Version w/ Apocrypha
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (KJVA)
Lexham English Bible
17 [As] iron sharpens iron, so {one man sharpens another}.
Read Proverbs (LEB)
Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
17 Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
Read Proverbs (LXX)
New Century Version
17 As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.
Read Proverbs (NCV)
New International Reader's Version
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (NIRV)
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
Read Proverbs (NRSA)
Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (RHE)
Revised Standard Version
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (RSV)
Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Read Proverbs (RSVA)
Third Millennium Bible
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (TMB)
Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (TMBA)
The Latin Vulgate
17 ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
Read Proverbs (VUL)
The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
17 ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
Read Proverbs (VULA)
The Webster Bible
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Read Proverbs (WBT)
World English Bible
17 Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
Read Proverbs (WEB)
Wycliffe
17 Iron is whetted by iron; and a man whetteth the face of his friend. (Iron is sharpened by iron; and a man sharpeneth his friend's mind.)
Read Proverbs (WYC)
Young's Literal Translation
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Read Proverbs (YLT)
PREVIOUS Proverbs 27:16 NEXT Proverbs 27:18

Proverbs 27:17 Commentaries