Proverbs 20:14
“It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”
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Proverbs 20:14 Context
12The hearing eare, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made euen both of them. 13Loue not sleepe, lest thou come to pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 14It is nought, it is nought (saith the buyer:) but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 15There is gold, and a multitude of Rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewell. 16Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- King James Version
"Bad, bad, says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
- Basic English Bible
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Darby Bible
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
- Webster's Bible
It's no good, it's no good, says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
- World English Bible
`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
- Youngs Literal Bible
'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible