Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
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.
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.
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 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 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you and hate you. 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 19 Trust in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a slaughtering arrow; it speaks deceit; one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lies in ambush.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 55:21
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 120:3-4
What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, O false tongue?
Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 24:28
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, nor deceive with your lips.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.