Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as the bird, and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there; so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man.
New American Standard Bible
So a
King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Holman Bible
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.
International Standard Version
Like a fluttering sparrow or a swallow in flight, a curse without cause will not alight.
A Conservative Version
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.
American Standard Version
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Amplified
Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying,
So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].
Bible in Basic English
As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.
Darby Translation
As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
Julia Smith Translation
As the sparrow for wandering, as the swallow for flying, so the curse shall not come in vain.
King James 2000
As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
Modern King James verseion
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not come.
NET Bible
Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
New Heart English Bible
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
The Emphasized Bible
As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.
Webster
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
World English Bible
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
Themes
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
1 Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool. 2 Like as the bird, and the swallow take their flight and flee here and there; so the curse that is given in vain, shall not light upon a man. 3 Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.
Cross References
Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not?
2 Samuel 16:12
Haply, the LORD will look on my wretchedness, and do me good for his cursing this day."
Deuteronomy 23:4-5
because they met you not with bread and water in the way when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, the interpreter of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
1 Samuel 14:28-29
Then spake one of the people, and said, "Thy father adjured the people, saying, 'Cursed be the man that eateth any sustenance this day.'" And yet the people were fainty.
1 Samuel 17:43
And the Philistine said unto David, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff?" And he cursed David in the name of his gods.
Nehemiah 13:2
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, and hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: nevertheless our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Psalm 109:28
Though they curse, yet bless thou; and let them be confounded, that rise up against me. But let thy servant rejoice.
Proverbs 27:8
He that oft times flitteth, is like a bird that forsaketh her nest.