Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. New Living Translation Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty. English Standard Version Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Berean Standard Bible Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. King James Bible As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. New King James Version As cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a far country. New American Standard Bible Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. NASB 1995 Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. NASB 1977 Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. Legacy Standard Bible Like cold water to a weary soul, So is a good report from a distant land. Amplified Bible Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a distant land. Christian Standard Bible Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. Holman Christian Standard Bible Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. American Standard Version As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Like cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news that comes from a distant land. Brenton Septuagint Translation As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off. Contemporary English Version Good news from far away refreshes like cold water when you are thirsty. Douay-Rheims Bible As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country. English Revised Version As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from far away. Good News Translation Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty. International Standard Version Cold water to someone who is thirsty — that's what good news from a distant land is. JPS Tanakh 1917 As cold waters to a faint soul, So is good news from a far country. Literal Standard Version [As] cold waters for a weary soul, | So [is] a good report from a far country. Majority Standard Bible Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. New American Bible Cool water to one faint from thirst is good news from a far country. NET Bible Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land. New Revised Standard Version Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. New Heart English Bible Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Webster's Bible Translation As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. World English Bible Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Young's Literal Translation As cold waters for a weary soul, So is a good report from a far country. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 25Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. 26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.… Cross References Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones. Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Treasury of Scripture As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. cold Genesis 21:16-19 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept… Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. Ecclesiastes 2:3,6 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life… Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. Luke 2:10,11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people… Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Jump to Previous Cold Country Distant Faint Far Good News Report Soul Thirsty Tired Water Waters WearyJump to Next Cold Country Distant Faint Far Good News Report Soul Thirsty Tired Water Waters WearyProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels (25) Good news from a far country.--This is suggestive of the little communication which in old times took place between distant countries.Verse 25. - As cold waters to a thirsty soul. The particle of comparison is not in this first clause in the Hebrew. (For "cold waters," comp. Jeremiah 18:14.) So is good news from a far country. The nostalgia of an exile, and the craving for tidings of him felt by his friends at home, are like a parching thirst. The relief to the latter, when they receive good news of the wanderer, is as refreshing as a draught of cool water to a fainting, weary man. We do not know that the Hebrews were great travellers in those days; but any communication from a distant country would be very uncertain in arriving at its destination, and would at any rate take a long time in transmission, in most cases there would be nothing to rest upon but vague report, or a message carried by some travelling merchant. There is a somewhat similar proverb found at Ver. 13 and Proverbs 15:30. The ancient commentators have seen in this news from a distant country the announcement of Christ's birth by the angels at Bethlehem, or the preaching of the gospel that tells of the joys of heaven, the land that is very far off (Isaiah 33:17). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [Like] coldקָ֭רִים (qā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7119: Cool, quiet water מַ֣יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a weary עֲיֵפָ֑ה (‘ă·yê·p̄āh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 5889: Faint, weary soul נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion [is] good ט֝וֹבָ֗ה (ṭō·w·ḇāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good news וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה (ū·šə·mū·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8052: Something heard, an announcement from a distant מֶרְחָֽק׃ (mer·ḥāq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4801: Remoteness, a distant place, from afar land. מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Proverbs 25:25 NIVProverbs 25:25 NLT Proverbs 25:25 ESV Proverbs 25:25 NASB Proverbs 25:25 KJV Proverbs 25:25 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:25 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:25 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:25 French Bible Proverbs 25:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul (Prov. 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