Parallel Verses

Amplified


Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.

New American Standard Bible

The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

King James Version

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Holman Bible

Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

International Standard Version

A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

A Conservative Version

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.

American Standard Version

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Bible in Basic English

He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

Darby Translation

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

Julia Smith Translation

The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.

King James 2000

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who makes treasure by a lying tongue [is a] fleeting vapor [and] seeker of death.

Modern King James verseion

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

NET Bible

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

New Heart English Bible

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

The Emphasized Bible

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

Webster

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

World English Bible

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Youngs Literal Translation

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The getting
פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

אוצר 
'owtsar 
Usage: 79

by a lying
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

is a vanity
הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

tossed to and fro of
נדף 
Nadaph 
Usage: 9

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,
But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
6 
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
7
The violence of the wicked will [return to them and] drag them away [like fish caught in a net],
Because they refuse to act with justice.



Cross References

Proverbs 13:11


Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

Proverbs 20:21


An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 8:36


“But he who fails to find me or sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love and court death.”

Proverbs 10:2


Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].

Proverbs 20:14


“It is [almost] worthless, it is [almost] worthless,” says the buyer [as he negotiates the price];
But when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain].

Proverbs 22:8


He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble,
And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.

Proverbs 30:8


Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

Jeremiah 17:11


“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed [against Me], and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, O house of Israel?

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach for the purpose of dishonest financial gain.

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