Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, ¹  so is the one who boasts ²  of a gift not given. ³ 

biblegateway Pro 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

The man who boasts about a gift that does not exist is like clouds and wind without rain.

Like a dense fog or a dust storm, so is a person who brags about a gift that he does not give.

biblegateway Pro 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give.

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

bibleoremus Pro 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of a gift never given.

Like clouds and wind that bring no rain is he who boasts of gifts he never gives.

biblegateway Pro 25:14

Whoever falsely boasts of giving Is like clouds and wind without rain.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.

biblegateway Pro 25:14

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, ¹  so is the one who boasts ²  of a gift not given. ³ 

¹ sn The emblem now is one of clouds and winds that would be expected to produce rain; they gain attention and raise people’s expectations but prove to be disappointing when no rain is forthcoming, and hence could be thought of as deceitful.

² tn The form מִתְהַלֵּל (mithallel) is the Hitpael participle of the well-known word for “praise”; but in this stem it means “to praise oneself” or “to boast.” The description of “windbag” seems appropriate in this context.

³ tn Heb “a gift of falsehood.” This would mean that the individual brags about giving a gift, when there is no gift.