Proverbs Chapter 20 verse 14 Holy Bible
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
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Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
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`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer. The purchaser depreciates the goods which he wants, in order to lower the price demanded - a practice as common now as in old time. "I don't want it, I don't want it," says the Spanish friar; "but drop it into my hood." The Scotch say, "He that lacks (disparages) my mare would buy my mare" (Kelly). But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. When he has completed his purchase and obtained the goods at his own price, he boasts how he has tricked the seller. The LXX. omits vers. 14-19.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) It is naught, saith the buyer.--He cries down the goods he wants to purchase.Then he boasteth.--How he has outdone the seller, and got the goods below their value. For other notices of cheating in trade see above on Proverbs 11:1.
