A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
WEB
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
YLT
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
DBT
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.