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Complete Jewish Bible
Proverbs 25:18
Like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A person giving false testimony against his neighboris like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A person giving false testimony against his neighboris like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Hebrew Names Version
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
King James Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
English Standard Version
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
New American Standard Bible
Like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow Is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
Like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow Is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
New Century Version
When you lie about your neighbors, it hurts them as much as a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
When you lie about your neighbors, it hurts them as much as a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Amplified Bible
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).
World English Bible
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrowIs a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrowIs a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Berean Standard Bible
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Contemporary English Version
Telling lies about friends is like attacking them with clubs and swords and sharp arrows.
Telling lies about friends is like attacking them with clubs and swords and sharp arrows.
Darby Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
Easy-to-Read Version
A person who gives false testimony against a neighbor is as deadly as a club, a sword, or a very sharp arrow.
A person who gives false testimony against a neighbor is as deadly as a club, a sword, or a very sharp arrow.
George Lamsa Translation
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like an iron bar, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like an iron bar, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Good News Translation
A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
Lexham English Bible
Like a club and sword and a sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Like a club and sword and a sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Literal Translation
A man who gives false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword and a sharp arrow.
A man who gives false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure, he is a very speare, a swearde & a sharpe arowe.
Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure, he is a very speare, a swearde & a sharpe arowe.
American Standard Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Bible in Basic English
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
King James Version (1611)
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is a maule, and a sword, and a sharpe arrow.
A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is a maule, and a sword, and a sharpe arrow.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.
Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
English Revised Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A dart, and a swerd, and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing ayens his neiybore.
A dart, and a swerd, and a scharp arowe, a man that spekith fals witnessing ayens his neiybore.
Update Bible Version
A man that bears false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man that bears false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Webster's Bible Translation
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
New English Translation
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
New King James Version
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
New Living Translation
Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
New Life Bible
A man who tells a lie against his neighbor is like a heavy stick or a sword or a sharp arrow.
A man who tells a lie against his neighbor is like a heavy stick or a sword or a sharp arrow.
New Revised Standard
Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Revised Standard Version
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Young's Literal Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
THE MESSAGE
Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Contextual Overview
18 Like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 12:18, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 120:3, Psalms 120:4, Psalms 140:3, Jeremiah 9:3, Jeremiah 9:8, James 3:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial 2 Chronicles 34:6 - mattocks Proverbs 6:19 - A false Proverbs 21:28 - false witness Proverbs 26:18 - arrows Jeremiah 9:4 - walk Matthew 26:59 - sought
Cross-References
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it winds throughout the land of Havilah, where there is gold.
The name of the first is Pishon; it winds throughout the land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 10:7
The sons of Kush were S'va, Havilah, Savta, Ra‘mah and Savt'kha. The sons of Ra‘mah were Sh'va and D'dan.
The sons of Kush were S'va, Havilah, Savta, Ra‘mah and Savt'kha. The sons of Ra‘mah were Sh'va and D'dan.
Genesis 10:29
Ofir, Havilah and Yovav — all these were the sons of Yoktan.
Ofir, Havilah and Yovav — all these were the sons of Yoktan.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
Genesis 14:10
Now the Siddim Valley was full of clay pits; and when the kings of S'dom and ‘Amora fled, some fell into them; while the rest fled to the hills.
Now the Siddim Valley was full of clay pits; and when the kings of S'dom and ‘Amora fled, some fell into them; while the rest fled to the hills.
Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man, with his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, living his life at odds with all his kinsmen."
He will be a wild donkey of a man, with his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, living his life at odds with all his kinsmen."
Genesis 20:1
Avraham traveled from there toward the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. While living as an alien in G'rar,
Avraham traveled from there toward the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. While living as an alien in G'rar,
Genesis 21:14
Avraham got up early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child; then he sent her away. After leaving, she wandered in the desert around Be'er-Sheva.
Avraham got up early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child; then he sent her away. After leaving, she wandered in the desert around Be'er-Sheva.
Genesis 21:21
He lived in the Pa'ran Desert, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
He lived in the Pa'ran Desert, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Genesis 25:23
who answered her, "There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
who answered her, "There are two nations in your womb. From birth they will be two rival peoples. One of these peoples will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour,.... In whose house he has often been, and whom he has frequently visited; and, observing what was done there, not only discovers and tells abroad the secrets of his family, but even things which are false; yea, in a court of judicature, appears a witness against him, and swears falsely to his hurt and prejudice. Such a man
[is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow; that is, to his neighbour, against whom he bears false witness; and, by so doing, he mauls his fame, his credit, character, and reputation; and, as with a sword, takes away his life; and against whom there is no more guarding than against a sharp arrow, that comes from afar, suddenly and swiftly.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Maul - A heavy sledge hammer. The word is connected with “malleus:” its diminutive “mallet” is still in use.
