5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Other Translations of Proverbs 27:5

King James Version

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

English Standard Version

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

The Message

5 A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.

New King James Version

5 Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.

New Living Translation

5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love!

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 27:5

Commentary on Proverbs 27:5-6

(Read Proverbs 27:5-6)

Plain and faithful rebukes are better, not only than secret hatred, but than love which compliments in sin, to the hurt of the soul.