Proverbs 25:19

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

KJV

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

WEB

Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.

ASV

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

LSV

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, || [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

YLT

A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

DBY

A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.

DRC

To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,

GNV

Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

JPS

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

LXXE

The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שֵׁ֣ן רֹ֭עָה וְרֶ֣גֶל מוּעָ֑דֶת מִבְטָ֥ח בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד בְּי֣וֹם צָרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οδὸς κακοῦ καὶ ποὺς παρανόμου ὀλεῖται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 36:6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Ezekiel 29:6–7Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel. When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when…
• Job 6:14–20A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, darkened because of the ice and the…
• 2 Chronicles 28:20–21Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had…
• 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
• Isaiah 30:1–3“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. They set out to go down to Egypt without asking…

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