Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is a fleeting vapor, the
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
is a vanishing mist,
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.
Amplified
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of 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.
Themes
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
Lying/lies » The acquiring of wealth by lying
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
The lord seeking that which was lost » Those that seek death
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
5
The ideas of the diligent tend only to abundance. But of the one who is hasty it leads to poverty.
6
Is a fleeting vapor, the
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished. He who gathers by labor will increase.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but in the end it will not be blessed.
Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs himself. All who hate me love death.
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness (the morally wrong) profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
2 Peter 2:3
They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.
Proverbs 20:14
Good for nothing, cries the buyer. But when he goes his way he boasts about the purchase.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows unrighteousness will reap vanity. The rod of his anger will fail.
Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me.
Jeremiah 17:11
A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.
Ezekiel 18:31
Give up all the evil you have been doing. Get yourselves new minds and hearts. Why do you Israelites want to die?
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
Titus 1:11
They must be stopped. Their mouths must be shut up, for they subvert entire households. They teach things that should not be taught, for the sake of dishonest gain.