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Myles Coverdale Bible

Proverbs 26:28

A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Flattery;   Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Flattery;   The Topic Concordance - Lying/lies;   Speech/communication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Hatred;   Lying;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Tongue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Obedience (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ruin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flattery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Hebrew Names Version
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
English Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New American Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Century Version
Liars hate the people they hurt, and false praise can ruin others.
Amplified Bible
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
World English Bible
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
Legacy Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Berean Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Contemporary English Version
Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters— they are out to get you.
Complete Jewish Bible
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Darby Translation
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Easy-to-Read Version
Liars hate the people they hurt, and false praise can hurt people.
George Lamsa Translation
A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel.
Good News Translation
You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.
Lexham English Bible
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Literal Translation
A lying tongue hates the ones it crushes, and a flattering mouth works stumbling.
American Standard Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Bible in Basic English
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
King James Version (1611)
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruine.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
English Revised Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals tunge loueth not treuth; and a slidir mouth worchith fallyngis.
Update Bible Version
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Webster's Bible Translation
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
New English Translation
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New King James Version
A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Living Translation
A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.
New Life Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a mouth that speaks false words destroys.
New Revised Standard
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
Revised Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Young's Literal Translation
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
THE MESSAGE
Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Contextual Overview

28 A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lying: He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury; Proprium humani ingenii est, odisse quem leseris, says Tacitlus, and strange to say, in proportion to the innocence of the injured. John 8:40, John 8:44-49, John 10:32, John 10:33, John 15:22-24

a flattering: Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 7:21-23, Proverbs 29:5, Luke 20:20, Luke 20:21

Reciprocal: Judges 16:6 - General 1 Samuel 24:9 - General 2 Samuel 14:20 - according 2 Chronicles 24:17 - the princes of Judah Psalms 55:21 - The words Proverbs 6:17 - lying Ezekiel 12:24 - General Daniel 11:32 - shall be Acts 24:2 - Seeing 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - used

Cross-References

Genesis 24:3
I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)
Genesis 24:41
And so whan thou commest to my kynred, yf they geue her not vnto ye, thou shalt be discharged of myne oothe.
Genesis 26:22
So he gatt him from thence, and dygged another well, for the which they stroue not: th rfore he called it Rehoboth, and sayde: Now hath the LORDE made vs rowme, and letten vs growe in the londe.
Genesis 26:23
Afterwarde he departed thence vnto Berseba.
Genesis 26:31
And on the morow they arose, and sware one to the other. And Isaac let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis 26:32
The same daye came Isaacs seruauntes, and tolde him of the well that they had digged, and sayde vnto him: We haue founde water.
Genesis 39:5
And from the tyme forth that he had made him ruler of his house and all his goodes, ye LORDE blessed the Egipcians house for Iosephs sake: and there was nothynge but the very blessynge of the LORDE in all yt he had in ye house & in the felde,
Joshua 3:7
And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua: This daye wyl I begynne to make the greate in the sighte of all Israel, that they maie knowe, how that like as I was with Moses, so am I with the also.
2 Chronicles 1:1
And Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome, and the LORDE his God was with him, & made him exceadinge greate.
Isaiah 45:14
The LORDE hath sayde morouer: The occupiers of Egipte, the marchauntes of the Moryans and Sabees, shal come vnto the with tribute, they shalbe thine, they shal folowe the, and go with cheynes vpon their fete. They shal fall downe before the, and make supplicacion vnto the. For God (wt out who there is none other God) shal be with the.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it,.... That is, a man of a lying tongue, that is given to lying, hates those that are hurt and crushed by his lies; the reason why he hurts them with his lies is because he hates them; and, having hurt them, he hates them, being made his enemies, and from whom he may expect and be in fear of revenge: moreover, he hates those that are troubled at and disturbed with his lies; or the "contrite" p and humble men: or those who "smite" or "strike" q him, as some render the word, actively; that is, reprove him, and bring him to shame for lying. The words are by some translated, a "contrite" person, or everyone of "the contrite ones, hateth a lying tongue" r; such as are of a broken and of a contrite spirit, and that tremble at the word of God, or are hurt by lies, these abhor a liar. The Targum is,

"a lying tongue bates the ways of truth;''

and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "a lying tongue hate truth"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "a lying tongue loves not truth"; for nothing is more contrary to a lie than truth;

and a flattering mouth worketh ruin; both to itself and to the persons flattered by it: or, "makes an impulse" s; a pushing, a driving away; it drives away such as cannot bear its flatteries: and pushes on such that are taken with it, both into sin and into ruin.

p דכיו "contritos suos", Montanus, Michaelis. q "Percutientes", Gejerus. r "Linguam falsitatis odit quisque contritorum ejus", Cocceius Lexic. col. 158. "quisque contritorum ab ea", ibid. version. s מדחה "expulsionem", Pagninus, Montanus; "impulsum sive lapsum", Vatablus; "impulsionem", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The lying tongue hates its victims.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 26:28. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it — He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury he has done him; and, strange to tell, in proportion to the innocence of the oppressed. The debtor cannot bear the sight of his creditor; nor the knave, of him whom he has injured.


 
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