Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, Is the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

New American Standard Bible

Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

King James Version

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Holman Bible

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

International Standard Version

A bad tooth and an unsteady foot that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble.

A Conservative Version

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

American Standard Version

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Amplified


Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.

Bible in Basic English

Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

Darby Translation

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful man in the day of trouble.

Julia Smith Translation

A bad tooth and a wavering foot, the confidence of the faithless one in the day of straits

King James 2000

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A bad tooth and a lame foot [is] the trust of a faithless person {in a time} of trouble.

Modern King James verseion

Trust in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The hope of the ungodly in time of need, is like a rotten tooth and a slippery foot.

NET Bible

Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

New Heart English Bible

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

The Emphasized Bible

A broken tooth and a faltering foot, is confidence in the treacherous, in the day of danger.

Webster

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

World English Bible

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מבטח 
Mibtach 
Usage: 15

in time
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

is like a broken
רעה 
Ro`ah 
Usage: 1

שׁן 
Shen 
Usage: 55

and a foot
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

More Proverbs Of Solomon

18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony. 19 A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, Is the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity. 20 Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.


Cross References

Isaiah 36:6

Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed -- on Egypt -- which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it -- so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.

2 Chronicles 28:20-21

And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur cometh in unto him, and doth distress him, and hath not strengthened him,

Job 6:14-20

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

Isaiah 30:1-3

Woe to apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.

Ezekiel 29:6-7

And known have all inhabitants of Egypt That I am Jehovah, Because of their being a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

2 Timothy 4:16

in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

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