Proverbs 27:5 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
English ASV
Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.
English Amplified
Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. [Prov. 28:23; Gal. 2:14.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. [Prov. 28:23; Gal. 2:14.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
English EASY 2024
When a friend is not afraid to warn you that you are wrong, it shows that he really loves you.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Open criticism is better than hidden love.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Open criticism is better than unexpressed love.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
English KJV 1611
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
English LSB
Better is reproof that is revealed Than love that is hidden.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Being warned openly is better than being loved in secret.
English NIV
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English NKJ 1982
Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
English NLT
An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
It’s better to be corrected openly if it stems from hidden love.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Open rebuke is better than hidden love!
English Tyndale 1537
An open rebuke is better than secret love.