Proverbs 25:28 
Context| NET © | Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper. 1 |
| NIV © | Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control. |
| NASB © | Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit. |
| NLT © | A person without self–control is as defenseless as a city with broken–down walls. |
| MSG © | A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out. |
| BBE © | He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into. |
| NRSV © | Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. |
| NKJV © | Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls. |
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| NET © | Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper. 1 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “whose spirit lacks restraint” (ASV similar). A person whose spirit (רוּחַ, ruakh) “lacks restraint” is one who is given to outbursts of passion, who lacks self-control (cf. NIV, NRSV, CEV, NLT). This person has no natural defenses but reveals his true nature all the time. The proverb is stating that without self-control a person is vulnerable, like a city without defenses. |
