Proverbs 25:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

King James Bible
[As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Hebrew
[Like] one who removes
מַ֥עֲדֶה (ma·‘ă·ḏeh)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5710: To advance, pass on, continue, to remove, to bedeck

a garment
בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ (be·ḡeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

on a cold
קָ֭רָה (qā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7135: Coolness

day
בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

or vinegar
חֹ֣מֶץ (ḥō·meṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2558: Vinegar

poured on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

soda
נָ֑תֶר (nā·ṯer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5427: Natron or carbonate of soda

[is] one who sings
וְשָׁ֥ר (wə·šār)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7891: To sing

songs
בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים (baš·ši·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

to
עַ֣ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a heavy
רָֽע׃ (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

heart.
לֶב־ (leḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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