Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home. New Living Translation A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest. English Standard Version Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. Berean Standard Bible Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home. King James Bible As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. New King James Version Like a bird that wanders from its nest Is a man who wanders from his place. New American Standard Bible Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home. NASB 1995 Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. NASB 1977 Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. Legacy Standard Bible Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his place. Amplified Bible Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety], So is a man who wanders from his home. Christian Standard Bible Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest. American Standard Version As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. Contemporary English Version When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest. English Revised Version As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. GOD'S WORD® Translation Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is a husband wandering from his home. Good News Translation Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest. International Standard Version Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home. Majority Standard Bible Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home. NET Bible Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. New Heart English Bible As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home. Webster's Bible Translation As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. World English Bible As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAs a bird wandering from her nest, "" So [is] a man wandering from his place. Young's Literal Translation As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place. Smith's Literal Translation As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. Catholic Public Domain Version Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place. New American Bible Like a bird far from the nest so is anyone far from home. New Revised Standard Version Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLike a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Like a bird that leaves its nest, so is a man that is removed from his place. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. Brenton Septuagint Translation As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do not Boast about Tomorrow…7The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. 8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home. 9Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.… Cross References Genesis 4:12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” Genesis 4:14 Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” Genesis 12:1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. Genesis 28:15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Exodus 2:22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.” Psalm 55:6-8 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. / How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah / I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” Psalm 119:19 I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me. Jeremiah 9:2 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people. Jeremiah 14:10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.” Hosea 9:17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations. Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” Matthew 10:11-14 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on. / As you enter the home, greet its occupants. / If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you. ... Luke 9:58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” Luke 15:13-15 After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. / After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. / So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. John 15:4-5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. Treasury of Scripture As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place. a bird Job 39:14-16 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, … Isaiah 16:2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. man Proverbs 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. Genesis 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Genesis 16:6-8 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face… Jump to Previous Bird Eggs Home Nest Station Strays Wandereth Wandering WandersJump to Next Bird Eggs Home Nest Station Strays Wandereth Wandering WandersProverbs 27 1. observations of self love5. of true love 11. of care to avoid offenses 23. and of the household care Like a bird The imagery of a bird is often used in Scripture to symbolize freedom, fragility, and the natural order. In Hebrew, the word for bird is "צִפּוֹר" (tsippor), which can refer to any small bird. Birds are creatures of instinct, and their actions are often driven by survival and the need for security. This comparison sets the stage for understanding the vulnerability and potential folly of the subject in the proverb. that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Like a birdכְּ֭צִפּוֹר (kə·ṣip·pō·wr) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular Strong's 6833: A little bird that strays נוֹדֵ֥ד (nō·w·ḏêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away from its nest קִנָּ֑הּ (qin·nāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling [is] a man אִ֝֗ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who wanders נוֹדֶ֣דֶת (nō·w·ḏe·ḏeṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of his home. מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃ (mim·mə·qō·w·mōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition Links Proverbs 27:8 NIVProverbs 27:8 NLT Proverbs 27:8 ESV Proverbs 27:8 NASB Proverbs 27:8 KJV Proverbs 27:8 BibleApps.com Proverbs 27:8 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 27:8 Chinese Bible Proverbs 27:8 French Bible Proverbs 27:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wanders from her (Prov. 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