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Proverbs 27:16
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Proverbs 27:16 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 27:16 in other translations
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
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In context
13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
19 As in water the face is to face, So the heart of man to man.
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