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Proverbs 25:28

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

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עִ֣ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.פְּ֭רוּצָהperutsahbreakפָּרַץverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “break”, a verb used as a describing wordH6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).חוֹמָ֑הchomahwallחוֹמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wall”, the ordinary formH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.אִ֝֗ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אֲשֶׁ֤רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…אֵ֖יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מַעְצָ֣רmatsarruleמַעְצָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “rule”, the ordinary formH4623subjectively, controlrule.לְרוּחֽוֹleruchvoto angerרוּחַpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Like a city broken down and without a wall, so is he whose spirit is without restraint.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Young’s Literal Translation

A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

World English Bible

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Darby Translation

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.

Douay-Rheims

As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Like a city broken down and without a wall, so is he whose spirit is without restraint.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὥσπερ πόλις τὰ τείχη καταβεβλημένη καὶ ἀτείχιστος, οὕτως ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐ μετὰ βουλῆς τι πράσσει.