King James Version
Proverbs 20:14 in the King James Version says “It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”
Proverbs 20:14 · KJV
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the buyer”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“his way then he boasteth”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
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