Proverbs 25:18 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
English ASV
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
English Amplified
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A person giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
English EASY 2024
Some people may tell lies about their neighbour in court. Those people are like dangerous weapons, like sharp swords or arrows.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
A person who gives false testimony against a neighbor is as deadly as a club, a sword, or a very sharp arrow.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
English God's Word - GW 1995
{Like} a club and a sword and a sharp arrow, {so} is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A man giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
English KJV 1611
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
English LSB
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, so is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, is the man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A man who gives false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow.
English NIV
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
English NKJ 1982
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
English NLT
Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Lying about and slandering people are as bad as hitting them with a club, or wounding them with an arrow, or stabbing them with a sword.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Telling lies about someone is as harmful as hitting him with an axe, or wounding him with a sword, or shooting him with a sharp arrow.
English Tyndale 1537
Who so beareth false witness against his neighbour, he is a very spear, a sword, and a sharp arrow.