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Proverbs 25:18

NETBible	Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow,¹ so is the one who testifies against² his neighbor as a false witness.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 25:18	Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbour.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 25:18	Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 25:18	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.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 25:18	Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 25:18	One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 25:18	Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 25:18	A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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KJV	A man <0376> that beareth <06030> (8802) false <08267> witness <05707> against his neighbour <07453> [is] a maul <04650>_, and a sword <02719>_, and a sharp <08150> (8802) arrow <02671>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 25:18	Like a club <04650> and a sword <02719> and a sharp <08150> arrow <02671> Is a man <0376> who bears <06030> false <08267> witness <05707> against his neighbor <07453> .
LXXM	(32:18) ropalon {N-NSN} kai <2532> CONJ macaira <3162> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ toxeuma {N-NSN} akidwton {N-NSN} outwv <3778> ADV kai <2532> CONJ anhr <435> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM katamarturwn <2649> V-PAPNS tou <3588> T-GSM filou <5384> A-GSM autou <846> D-GSM marturian <3141> N-ASF qeudh <5571> A-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	Like a club <04650> or a sword <02719> or a sharp <08150> arrow <02671> , so is the one <0376> who testifies <06030> against his neighbor <07453> as a false <08267> witness <05707> .
HEBREW	rqs <08267> de <05707> wherb <07453> hne <06030> sya <0376> Nwns <08150> Uxw <02671> brxw <02719> Uypm (25:18) <04650>

NETBible

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow,¹ so is the one who testifies against² his neighbor as a false witness.³

NET Notes

¹sn The first line identifies the emblem of the proverb: False witnesses are here compared to deadly weapons because they can cause the death of innocent people (e.g., Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20; and Prov 14:5).

²tn The verb עָנָה (’anah) followed by the preposition בְּ (bet) with its object means “to testify against” (answer against someone). With the preposition לְ (lamed) it would mean “to testify for” someone. Here the false witness is an adversary, hence the comparison with deadly weapons.

³tn While עֵד (’ed) could be interpreted as “evidence” (a meaning that came from a metonymy – what the witness gives in court), its normal meaning is “witness.” Here it would function as an adverbial accusative, specifying how he would answer in court.