King James Version

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

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כֹּֽבֶדkovedgrievousnessכֹּבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “grievousness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3514weight, multitude, vehemencegrievousness, heavy, great number.אֶ֭בֶןevenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וְנֵ֣טֶלveneteland weightyנֵטֶלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and weighty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5192a burdenweighty.הַח֑וֹלhacholthe sandחוֹלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the sand”, the ordinary formH2344sand (as round or whirling particles)sand.וְכַ֥עַסvekhaasand angerכַּעַסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.אֱ֝וִ֗ילevilfoolאֱוִילadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “fool”, the ordinary formH191(figuratively) sillyfool(-ish) (man).כָּבֵ֥דkavedheavyכָּבֵדadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “heavy”, the ordinary formH3515heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽםmishneyhemfrom twoשְׁנַיִםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

Young’s Literal Translation

A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

World English Bible

A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Darby Translation

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

Douay-Rheims

A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος, ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων.