Proverbs 27:8
As a tzippor that wandereth from her ken (nest), 1 so is an ish that wandereth from his makom (place, home). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 4:16And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5And Gad HaNavi said unto Dovid, Abide not in the metzudah; depart, and get thee into Eretz Yehudah. Then Dovid departed, and came into the Forest of Cheret.
1 Kings 11:22Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, hinei, thou seekest to go to thine own eretz? And he answered, Nothing; howbeit let me go anyway.
Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the Heikhal to save his life? I will not go in.
Proverbs 21:16The adam that wandereth astray from the derech haseichel (road of understanding) 1 shall rest in the kahal of the refa'im (congregation of the dead). 1
Isaiah 16:2For it shall be, that, 1 as an oph noded (wandering bird) cast out of the ken (nest), 1 so the Banot Moav shall be 1 at the fords of the Arnon. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:8
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Solomon here, as often in this book, shows that the poor have in some respects the advantage of the rich; for, 1. They have a better relish of their enjoyments than the rich have. Hunger is the best sauce. Coarse fare, with a good appetite to it has a sensible pleasantness in it, which those are strangers to whose hearts are overcharged with surfeiting. Those that fare sumptuously every day nauseate even delicate food, as… Read the whole commentary →