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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/proverbs/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so <i>is</i> a man that wandereth from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from its nest <i>Is</i> a man who wanders from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a person who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety], So is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you are far from home, you feel like a bird without a nest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Like a bird wandering from its nest, so is a husband wandering from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anyone away from home is like a bird away from its nest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As a bird wandering from her nest, "" So [is] a man wandering from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird far from the nest so is anyone far from home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a bird that strays from its nest is one who strays from home.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a man who is moved from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/27.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Like a bird that leaves its nest, so is a man that is removed from his place.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/27.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/27.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/27-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=5530" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/27.htm">Do not Boast about Tomorrow</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6833.htm" title="6833: kə·ṣip·pō·wr (Prep-k:: N-cs) -- A bird. Or tsippor; from tsaphar; a little bird.">Like a bird</a> <a href="/hebrew/5074.htm" title="5074: nō·w·ḏe·ḏeṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro; figuratively, to rove, flee, or to drive away.">that strays</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/7064.htm" title="7064: qin·nāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A nest. Contracted from qanan; a nest, sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.">its nest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên- (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">is a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5074.htm" title="5074: nō·w·ḏêḏ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro; figuratively, to rove, flee, or to drive away.">who wanders</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mim·mə·qō·w·mōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">from his home.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Genesis 4:12</a></span><br />When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-14.htm">Genesis 4:14</a></span><br />Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-15.htm">Genesis 28:15</a></span><br />Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Exodus 2:22</a></span><br />And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/55-6.htm">Psalm 55:6-8</a></span><br />I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. / How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah / I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Psalm 119:19</a></span><br />I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2</a></span><br />If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Jeremiah 14:10</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-11.htm">Matthew 10:11-14</a></span><br />Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on. / As you enter the home, greet its occupants. / If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-58.htm">Luke 9:58</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13-15</a></span><br />After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. / After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need. / So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-4.htm">John 15:4-5</a></span><br />Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. / I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.</p><p class="hdg">a bird</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/39-14.htm">Job 39:14-16</a></b></br> Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Isaiah 16:2</a></b></br> For it shall be, <i>that</i>, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, <i>so</i> the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.</p><p class="hdg">man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Proverbs 21:16</a></b></br> The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-16.htm">Genesis 14:16</a></b></br> And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/16-6.htm">Genesis 16:6-8</a></b></br> But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid <i>is</i> in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/job/39-14.htm">Eggs</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm">Home</a> <a href="/psalms/104-12.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Station</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Strays</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Wandereth</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-2.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-16.htm">Wanders</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-20.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm">Eggs</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-26.htm">Home</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm">Nest</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-6.htm">Station</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Strays</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Wandereth</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-10.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Wanders</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/27-1.htm">observations of self love</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/27-5.htm">of true love</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm">of care to avoid offenses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm">and of the household care</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/27.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/27.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Like a bird that strays from its nest</b><br>This phrase evokes the image of a bird leaving the safety and security of its nest. In biblical times, a nest was a place of protection and nurturing, essential for the survival of young birds. The imagery suggests vulnerability and the potential for danger when one leaves their designated place. In the Bible, birds often symbolize care and provision, as seen in <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a>, where Jesus speaks of God's provision for the birds of the air. The straying bird can also symbolize restlessness or a lack of contentment, which is cautioned against in various scriptures, such as <a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a>, which advises believers to be content with what they have.<p><b>is a man who wanders from his home</b><br>In ancient Israel, the home was not just a physical structure but a center of family life, community, and spiritual practice. Wandering from one's home could imply leaving behind responsibilities, relationships, and the spiritual heritage of one's family. The concept of "home" in the Bible often extends to one's community and faith, as seen in the story of the Prodigal Son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>), where leaving home leads to a loss of identity and purpose. The act of wandering can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual drifting, as warned against in <a href="/james/1-8.htm">James 1:8</a>, which describes a double-minded man as unstable in all his ways. This phrase underscores the importance of remaining steadfast in one's commitments and the dangers of seeking fulfillment outside of God's ordained place for an individual.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He compiled these sayings to impart wisdom and understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bird.htm">Bird</a></b><br>In this proverb, the bird symbolizes a person who leaves their place of safety and belonging, illustrating the consequences of straying from one's intended path or responsibilities.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nest.htm">Nest</a></b><br>Represents a place of safety, security, and belonging. In the context of the proverb, it symbolizes the home or the place where one is meant to be.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/man.htm">Man</a></b><br>Represents any individual who might be tempted to leave their responsibilities or place of belonging, highlighting the potential dangers of such actions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/home.htm">Home</a></b><br>Symbolizes not just a physical dwelling but also one's responsibilities, commitments, and the community or family to which one belongs.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_stability.htm">The Importance of Stability</a></b><br>Just as a bird finds safety in its nest, individuals find stability and security in their homes and communities. Straying from these can lead to vulnerability and danger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_responsibilities.htm">Commitment to Responsibilities</a></b><br>The proverb highlights the importance of staying committed to one's responsibilities and roles within the family and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_home.htm">Spiritual Home</a></b><br>Beyond the physical home, this proverb can be applied to one's spiritual life. Straying from God and His teachings can lead to spiritual danger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_gratitude.htm">Contentment and Gratitude</a></b><br>Recognize and appreciate the safety and security that comes from being where God has placed you, both physically and spiritually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_temptation.htm">Guarding Against Temptation</a></b><br>Be aware of the temptations that might lead you away from your responsibilities and commitments, and seek God's guidance to remain steadfast.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_secrets_does_god_reveal.htm">How should we respond to constructive criticism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_8_27_align_with_cosmology.htm">Proverbs 8:27: When it says wisdom was there at the making of the heavens, how does this compare with modern cosmology's timing of the universe's formation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_8_7_compare_human_wisdom_to_bird_migration.htm">Why does Jeremiah 8:7 attribute a deeper wisdom to storks, swallows, and cranes than to humans, and is there any scientific basis for comparing human spiritual insight to bird migration patterns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_faithful_people_sometimes_poor.htm">Proverbs 10:22 promises that the Lord's blessing brings wealth--how do we explain faithful yet impoverished individuals?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">A man that wandereth from his place.--</span>That wandereth forth as an exile that has lost his home. Comp. <a href="/genesis/12-4.htm" title="So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.">Genesis 12:4</a>, and, on the contrary, Job's hope that he would "die in his nest" (<a href="/proverbs/29-18.htm" title="Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.">Proverbs 29:18</a>). For the spiritual sense comp. <a href="/luke/15-13.htm" title="And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.">Luke 15:13</a>, s<span class= "ital">qq.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As a bird that wandereth from her nest.</span> Jerome's <span class="accented">avis transmigrans</span> conveys to us a notion of a migratory bird taking its annual journey. But the idea here is of a bird which leaves its own nest either wantonly or from some external reason, and thereby exposes itself to d so comfort and danger (comp. <a href="/isaiah/16-2.htm">Isaiah 16:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">So is a man that wandereth from his place</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. his own home (comp. Ecclus. 29:21, etc., and 36:28 in Vet. Lat., "Quis credit ei qui non habet nidum, et deflectens ubicumque obscuraverit, quasi succinctus latro exsil ins de civitate in civitatem?"). The proverb indirectly inculcates love of one's home and one's native land. To be "a fugitive and a vagabond" (<a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Genesis 4:12</a>) was a terrible punishment, as the Jews have learned by the experience of many centuries. Language and religion placed a barrier against residence in any country but their own (see <a href="/psalms/84.htm">Psalm 84</a>.); and though at the time when this book was probably written they knew little of foreign travel, yet they regarded sojourn in a strange land as an evil, and centred all their ideas of happiness and comfort in a home life surrounded by friends and countrymen. The word "wander" may have the notion of going into exile. Septuagint, "As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so is a man brought into bondage when he is banished (<span class="greek">ἀποξενωθῇ</span>) from his own place." Some have reasoned from this expression that the idea of exile had become familiar to the writer, and hence that this portion of the Proverbs is of very late origin (Cheyne) - surely a very uncertain foundation for such a conclusion. The love of Orientals for their native soil is a passion which no sordid and miserable surroundings can extinguish, and a man would consider even a change of home an unmixed evil, though such change was not the result of exile. Our view of the fortunes of one who is always shifting his abode is expressed in the adage, "A rolling stone gathers no moss." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/27-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Like a bird</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּ֭צִפּוֹר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṣip·pō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6833.htm">Strong's 6833: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little bird</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that strays</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹדֵ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ḏêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5074.htm">Strong's 5074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from its nest</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנָּ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(qin·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7064.htm">Strong's 7064: </a> </span><span class="str2">A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֝֗ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who wanders</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹדֶ֣דֶת</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ḏe·ḏeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5074.htm">Strong's 5074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his home.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·mə·qō·w·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/27-8.htm">Proverbs 27:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/27-8.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wanders from her (Prov. 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