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Green's Literal Translation
Proverbs 21:6
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Making a fortune through a lying tongueis a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
Wealth that comes from telling lies vanishes like a mist and leads to death.
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
Working for treasures by a lying tongueIs a fleeting breath, by those who pursue death.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Cheating to get rich is a foolish dream and no less than suicide.
A fortune gained by a lying tongue is vapor dispersed [by] seekers of death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Wealth that comes from telling lies disappears quickly and leads to death.
The getting of treasure by a lying tongue will bring destruction and death to those who seek it.
The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.
He who makes treasure by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and seeker of death.
Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they [that seek them] seek death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue, is a vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.
He that gaderith tresours bi the tunge of a leesing, is veyne, and with outen herte; and he schal be hurtlid to the snaris of deth.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by those that seek death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
Getting treasures by a lying tongueIs the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death. [fn]
Wealth created by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.
Getting riches by a lying tongue is like a passing cloud, and leads to death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,
He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Make it to the top by lying and cheating; get paid with smoke and a promotion—to death!
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
getting: Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 20:14, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 22:8, Proverbs 30:8, Jeremiah 17:11, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, Titus 1:11, 2 Peter 2:3
seek: Proverbs 8:36, Ezekiel 18:31
Reciprocal: Psalms 10:7 - vanity Proverbs 4:7 - with Proverbs 16:8 - great Isaiah 10:14 - And my Micah 6:10 - the treasures Ephesians 4:25 - putting
Cross-References
And Abraham fell on his face and laughed. And he said in his heart, Shall one be born to a son of a hundred years? And shall Sarah bear, a daughter of ninety years?
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be evil in your eyes because of the boy, and on account of your slave-girl. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in Isaac your Seed shall be called.
And the water from the skin was finished, and she put the boy under one of the shrubs.
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
And it happened at that time Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave to Abimelech, and both of them cut a covenant.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
He causes the barren to live in the house as the joyful mother of sons. Praise Jehovah!
Then our mouth was full of laughter, and our tongue with joyful shouting; then they said among the nations, Jehovah will work great things with these.
Can a woman forget her suckling child, from pitying the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will surely not forget you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue,.... By telling lies in trade; by bearing false witness in a court of judicature; or by preaching false doctrines in the church of God:
[is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death: such treasures, though ever so great, are like any light thing, smoke or vapour, straw, stubble, chaff, or a feather, tossed about the wind; which is expressive of the instability uncertainty of riches ill gotten; they do not last long, but are taken away and carried off by one providence or another; and they are likewise harmful and pernicious; they issue in death: and those that seek after them, and obtain them in a bad way, are said to "seek death": not intentionally, but eventually; this they certainly find, if grace prevent not; see Proverbs 8:36. Jarchi reads it, they are the "snares of death" to him; and so the Septuagint version.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Vanity - Or, “a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking death.” Another reading of the last words is: “of the snares of death” (compare 1 Timothy 6:9). Some commentators have suggested that the “vapor” or “mist” is the mirage of the desert, misleading those who follow it, and becoming a “net of death.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:6. Of them that seek death — Instead of מבקשי mebakshey, "them that seek," several MSS., some ancient editions, with Symmachus, the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, have מקשי mokeshey, the snares. He who gets treasures by a lying tongue, pursues vanity into the snares of death. Our common translation may be as good. But he who, by the snares of his tongue, endeavours to buy and sell to the best advantage, is pursuing what is empty in itself; and he is ensnared by death, while he is attempting to ensnare others.
