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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
Is confidence in a
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
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:19
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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!)