Proverbs 25:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow, so is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

ASV:

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

BBE:

One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

DBY:

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

ERV:

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

JPS:

As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

WBS:

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

WEB:

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

YLT:

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Proverbs 25:18 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 20:16 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.

Jeremiah 9:8 "Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

25:18 A sword - Is as cruel and pernicious as any instrument of death.

MHC:

25:17. We cannot be upon good terms with our neighbours, without discretion as well as sincerity. How much better a Friend is God than any other friend! The oftener we come to him, the more welcome. 18. A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.

CONC:

Arrow Beareth Bears Club Gives Hammer Maul Neighbor Neighbour Sharp Sword Testifying Testimony War Witness

Arrow Beareth Bears Club False. Gives Maul Neighbor Neighbour Sharp Sword Testimony War Witness

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