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Proverbs 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
Proverbs 20:14 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 20:14 in other translations
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
“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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In context
11 A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right.
12 The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see.
13 Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
16 Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
17 The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
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