Proverbs 27:8
Anyone who wanders far from his home/family is like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.
Translation for Translators
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 4:16So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, which means ‘wandering’, which was east of Eden.
1 Samuel 22:5One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave ◄your fortress/this area► and return to Judah.” So David and his men went to Hereth forest in Judah.
1 Kings 11:22But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom.
Nehemiah 6:11I replied, “I ◄am not that kind of person/do not do things like that► [RHQ]! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!”
Proverbs 21:16Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will soon discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
Isaiah 16:2The women of Moab will be left alone at the ◄fords of/places where people can walk across► the Arnon River; they will be like [SIM] birds that have been pushed out of their nests.
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 →