Parallel Verses
Amplified
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.
New American Standard Bible
While he lives securely beside you.
King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Holman Bible
for he trusts you and lives near you.
International Standard Version
Do not plan to harm your neighbor, when he is living peacefully beside you.
A Conservative Version
Do not devise evil against thy neighbor, since he dwells securely by thee.
American Standard Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Bible in Basic English
Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.
Darby Translation
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not fabricate evil upon thy neighbor, and he dwelling confidently with thee.
King James 2000
Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not plot harm against your neighbor [who] dwells in confidence beside you.
Modern King James verseion
Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he dwells trustingly by you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.
NET Bible
Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.
New Heart English Bible
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
The Emphasized Bible
Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.
Webster
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
World English Bible
Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
28
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.
Do not quarrel with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 6:14
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
Psalm 35:20
For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.
Psalm 55:20
He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has
Psalm 59:3
Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:18
A heart that creates wicked plans,
Feet that run swiftly to evil,
Proverbs 14:22
Do they not go astray who devise evil and wander from the way of righteousness?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 16:29-30
A violent and exceedingly covetous man entices his neighbor [to sin],
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Jeremiah 18:18-20
Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”
Micah 2:1-2
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.