Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
New American Standard Bible
While he lives securely beside you.
King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Holman Bible
for he trusts you and lives near you.
International Standard Version
Do not plan to harm your neighbor, when he is living peacefully beside you.
A Conservative Version
Do not devise evil against thy neighbor, since he dwells securely by thee.
American Standard Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Amplified
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
Who lives securely beside you.
Bible in Basic English
Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.
Darby Translation
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not fabricate evil upon thy neighbor, and he dwelling confidently with thee.
King James 2000
Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not plot harm against your neighbor [who] dwells in confidence beside you.
Modern King James verseion
Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he dwells trustingly by you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.
NET Bible
Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.
New Heart English Bible
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
The Emphasized Bible
Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.
Webster
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
World English Bible
Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
28 Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee. 29 Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
Psalm 35:20
For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
Psalm 55:20
He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
Psalm 59:3
For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
Proverbs 6:18
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
Proverbs 14:22
Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth are to those devising good,
Proverbs 16:29-30
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.
Jeremiah 18:18-20
And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.