Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
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 neighbor's house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee. 18 A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 120:3-4
What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue?
Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent. Adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.