Proverbs 25:19
King James Version (KJV)
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
In context
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Proverbs 25:19 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
- WEB World English Bible
- Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.