Proverbs 26:2
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Alight Alighteth Bird Cause Causeless Curse Darting Flight Fluttering Flying Home Rest Reviling Sparrow Swallow Wandering
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English Standard Version
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

New American Standard Bible
Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight.

King James Bible
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

International Standard Version
Like a fluttering sparrow or a swallow in flight, a curse without cause will not alight.

NET Bible
Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like a bird and a flying creature in the air, so an empty curse wanders.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so a hastily spoken curse does not come to rest.

King James 2000 Bible
As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.

American King James Version
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

American Standard Version
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

Darby Bible Translation
As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

English Revised Version
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

Webster's Bible Translation
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

World English Bible
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

Young's Literal Translation
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
Lexicon
As the bird
tsippowr  (tsip-pore')
a little bird (as hopping) -- bird, fowl, sparrow.
by wandering
nuwd  (nood)
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
as the swallow
drowr  (der-ore')
the swift, a kind of swallow -- swallow.
by flying
`uwph  (oof)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
so the curse
qlalah  (kel-aw-law')
vilification -- (ac-)curse(-d, -ing).
causeless
chinnam  (khin-nawm')
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage -- without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
shall not come
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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