Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so a hastily spoken curse does not come to rest. American Standard Version As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Berean Study Bible Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 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. King James Bible 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. Proverbs 26:2 Additional Translations ... Links Proverbs 26:2 NIVProverbs 26:2 NLT Proverbs 26:2 ESV Proverbs 26:2 NASB Proverbs 26:2 NKJV Proverbs 26:2 KJV |