Proverbs 26:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
In context
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 26:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- KJV King James Version
- As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- WEB World English Bible
- Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
- ASV American Standard Version
- As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
- DBY Darby Translation
- As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
- WBS Webster Bible
- As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.