Proverbs 25:18
World English Bible (WEB)
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
In context
16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
20 As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
Proverbs 25:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
- KJV King James Version
- A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.