Proverbs 26:2

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

KJV

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

WEB

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

ASV

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

LSV

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, || So reviling without cause does not come.

YLT

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

DBY

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

DRC

As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

GNV

As the sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.

JPS

As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.

LXXE

As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

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WLC

כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭נוּד כַּדְּר֣וֹר לָע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם לא תָבֹֽא׃Read aloud as (qere): ל֣וֹ

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ ὄρνεα πέταται καὶ στρουθοί, οὕτως ἀρὰ ματαία οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται οὐδενί.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Numbers 23:8How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
• Nehemiah 13:2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
• Psalms 109:28Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
• 2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
• Deuteronomy 23:4–5For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your…
• 1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• Proverbs 27:8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
• 1 Samuel 14:28–29Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.” “My father has brought trouble to the land,”…

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