Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
New American Standard Bible
Is a man who bears
King James Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Holman Bible
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
International Standard Version
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.
A Conservative Version
A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
American Standard Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Amplified
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Bible in Basic English
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Julia Smith Translation
A mallet and a sword and an arrow sharpened, the man answering against his neighbor testimony of falsehood.
King James 2000
A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a club, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] a club and sword and a sharp arrow [is] a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Modern King James verseion
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso beareth false witness against his neighbour, he is a very spear, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
NET Bible
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
New Heart English Bible
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
The Emphasized Bible
A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
Webster
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
World English Bible
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
Themes
Arrows » Illustrative » Of false witnesses
Swords » Figurative » Of the malicious tongue
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee. 18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. 19 A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.
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Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Psalm 55:21
Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Psalm 120:3-4
What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
James 3:6
and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.