Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
A mallet and a sword and an arrow sharpened, the man answering against his neighbor testimony of falsehood.
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.
Darby Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
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 Make rare thy foot from thy neighbor's house, lest he shall be satiated with thee, and hate thee. 18 A mallet and a sword and an arrow sharpened, the man answering against his neighbor testimony of falsehood. 19 A bad tooth and a wavering foot, the confidence of the faithless one in the day of straits
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Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
There is he talking idly as the piercings of the sword: and the tongue of the wise is healing.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue a deadly arrow, speaking deceit; in his mouth he will speak peace to his neighbor, and be will lay his wait in his midst
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
Psalm 55:21
They were divided from the wrath of his mouth, and his heart drew near: his words were soft above oil, and they drawn swords.
Psalm 120:3-4
What shall be given to thee? and what shall be added to thee, thou tongue of deceit?
Psalm 140:3
They sharpened their tongue as a serpent; the poison of asps under their lips. Silence,
Proverbs 24:28
Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.
James 3:6
(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.