Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is spreading a net for his steps.
King James Version
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Holman Bible
spreads a net for his feet.
International Standard Version
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks.
A Conservative Version
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
American Standard Version
A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
Amplified
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Bible in Basic English
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
Darby Translation
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
Julia Smith Translation
A man making smooth against his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
King James 2000
A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.
Modern King James verseion
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet.
NET Bible
The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
New Heart English Bible
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
The Emphasized Bible
A man who flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth, a net, over his steps.
Webster
A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
World English Bible
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Youngs Literal Translation
A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 29:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
4
By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts tears it down.
5
Is spreading a net for his steps.
Cross References
Psalm 5:9
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 12:2
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
2 Samuel 14:17-24
And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The LORD your God be with you!"
Job 17:5
He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property-- the eyes of his children will fail.
Proverbs 1:17
For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird,
Proverbs 7:5
to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Proverbs 7:21
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
Proverbs 20:19
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
Proverbs 26:24-25
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Lamentations 1:13
"From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
Luke 20:20-21
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
Romans 16:18
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness.