Parallel Verses English Standard Version Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. King James Bible 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. 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. Proverbs 26:2 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament24 Better to sit on the top of a roof, Than a quarrelsome woman and a house in common. A repetition of Proverbs 21:9. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge so Cross References Numbers 23:8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? Deuteronomy 23:5 But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you. 2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today." Proverbs 27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. Isaiah 16:2 Like fleeing birds, like a scattered nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon. Jump to Previous Alight Alighteth Bird Cause Causeless Curse Darting Flight Fluttering Flying Home Rest Reviling Sparrow Swallow WanderingJump to Next Alight Alighteth Bird Cause Causeless Curse Darting Flight Fluttering Flying Home Rest Reviling Sparrow Swallow WanderingLinks Proverbs 26:2 NIVProverbs 26:2 NLT Proverbs 26:2 ESV Proverbs 26:2 NASB Proverbs 26:2 KJV Proverbs 26:2 Bible Apps Proverbs 26:2 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:2 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:2 French Bible Proverbs 26:2 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |