Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the oath but tells nothing.

King James Version

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

Holman Bible

To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself;
he hears the curse but will not testify.

International Standard Version

A thief's accomplice hates himself; though testifying under oath, he reveals nothing.

A Conservative Version

He who is partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears the adjuration and utters nothing.

American Standard Version

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

Amplified


Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the curse [when swearing an oath to testify], but discloses nothing [and commits perjury by omission].

Bible in Basic English

A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

Darby Translation

Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration, and declareth not.

Julia Smith Translation

He dividing with a thief, hates his soul: he shall hear cursing and shall not announce.

King James 2000

Whosoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and reveals it not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Being a partner with a thief is hating one's life; a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

Modern King James verseion

He who shares with a thief hates his own soul; he hears an oath and does not tell.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso keepeth company with a thief, hateth his own soul; he heareth blasphemies, and telleth it not forth.

NET Bible

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

New Heart English Bible

Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

The Emphasized Bible

He that shareth with a thief, hateth himself, an oath, he heareth, yet may not tell.

Webster

Whoever is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and discloseth it not.

World English Bible

Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
with a thief
גּנּב 
Gannab 
Usage: 17

שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אלה 
'alah 
Usage: 35

and bewrayeth
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

References

Easton

Morish

Context Readings

All About Life

23 One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. 24 He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the oath but tells nothing.
25 The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.

Cross References

Leviticus 5:1

"If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity;

Proverbs 8:36

but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death."

Judges 17:2

And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD."

Psalm 50:18-22

If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.

Proverbs 1:11-19

If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 15:32

Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence.

Proverbs 20:2

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

Mark 11:17

And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."

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