Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor. New Living Translation 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 Standard Version A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. Berean Standard Bible Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. King James Bible A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. New King James Version A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow. New American Standard Bible Like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow Is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor. NASB 1995 Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. NASB 1977 Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. Legacy Standard Bible Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. Amplified Bible Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance). Christian Standard Bible A person giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. American Standard Version A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Like a club, a sword and a sharp arrow, so is a man that testifies false testimony against his neighbor. Brenton Septuagint Translation As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend. Contemporary English Version Telling lies about friends is like attacking them with clubs and swords and sharp arrows. Douay-Rheims Bible A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow. English Revised Version A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] a club and a sword and a sharp arrow, [so] is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor. Good News Translation A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow. International Standard Version A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow— that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor. JPS Tanakh 1917 As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, So is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. Literal Standard Version A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, | [Is] the man testifying a false testimony against his neighbor. Majority Standard Bible Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. New American Bible A club, sword, or sharp arrow— the one who bears false witness against a neighbor. NET Bible Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness. New Revised Standard Version Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor. New Heart English Bible A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. Webster's Bible Translation A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. World English Bible A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow. Young's Literal Translation A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. 18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor. 19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.… Cross References Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Psalm 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts--with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Psalm 120:4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree! Proverbs 12:18 Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 24:28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Proverbs 25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house, lest he grow weary and hate you. Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him. Treasury of Scripture A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Psalm 52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Jump to Previous Arrow Beareth Bears Club False. Gives Maul Neighbor Neighbour Sharp Sword Testimony War WitnessJump to Next Arrow Beareth Bears Club False. Gives Maul Neighbor Neighbour Sharp Sword Testimony War WitnessProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels (18) A maul--i.e., hammer, connected with "malleus" and "mallet." A false witness is as mischievous as the most deadly weapons.Verse 18. - Hebrew, A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow - a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour (see on Ver. 11). One who bears false witness against his neighbour prepares for him the instruments of death, such as those mentioned here. "A maul" (mephits), usually a heavy wooden hammer (compare malleus and "mallet"); here a club, or mace, used in battle, ῤόπαλον (Septuagint; comp. Jeremiah 51:20). There is a kind of climax in the three offensive weapons named - the club bruises, the sword inflicts wounds, the arrow pierces to the heart; and the three may represent the various baneful effects of false testimony, how it bruises reputation, spoils possessions, deprives of life. The second clause is from the Decalogue (Exodus 20:16). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [Like] a clubמֵפִ֣יץ (mê·p̄îṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4650: Scatterer, disperser or sword וְ֭חֶרֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword or sharp שָׁנ֑וּן (šā·nūn) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate arrow וְחֵ֣ץ (wə·ḥêṣ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear [is] a man אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who bears עֹנֶ֥ה (‘ō·neh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond FALSE שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood witness עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince against his neighbor. בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ (ḇə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow Links Proverbs 25:18 NIVProverbs 25:18 NLT Proverbs 25:18 ESV Proverbs 25:18 NASB Proverbs 25:18 KJV Proverbs 25:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:18 French Bible Proverbs 25:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:18 A man who gives false testimony against (Prov. 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