Proverbs 25:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

KJV

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour 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.

ASV

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

LSV

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, || [Is] the man testifying a false testimony against his neighbor.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

JPS

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

LXXE

As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מֵפִ֣יץ וְ֭חֶרֶב וְחֵ֣ץ שָׁנ֑וּן אִ֥ישׁ עֹנֶ֥ה בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃

LXX-Br

Ῥόπαλον καὶ μάχαιρα καὶ τόξευμα ἀκιδωτὸν, οὕτως καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ καταμαρτυρῶν τοῦ φίλου αὐτοῦ μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
• James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
• Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• Psalms 120:3–4What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
• Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

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