Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble. New Living Translation Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot. English Standard Version Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips. Berean Standard Bible Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. King James Bible Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. New King James Version Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint. New American Standard Bible Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a treacherous person in time of trouble. NASB 1995 Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. NASB 1977 Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. Legacy Standard Bible Like an aching tooth and a slipping foot Is trust in a treacherous man in a day of distress. Amplified Bible Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble. Christian Standard Bible Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot. Holman Christian Standard Bible Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot. American Standard Version Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint, so is trust in a liar in the day of trouble. Brenton Septuagint Translation The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day. Contemporary English Version A friend you can't trust in times of trouble is like having a toothache or a sore foot. Douay-Rheims Bible To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot, English Revised Version Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. GOD'S WORD® Translation [Like] a broken tooth and a lame foot, [so] is confidence in an unfaithful person in a [time of] crisis. Good News Translation Depending on an unreliable person in a crisis is like trying to chew with a loose tooth or walk with a crippled foot. International Standard Version A bad tooth and an unsteady foot— that's what confidence in an unreliable man is like in a time of trouble. JPS Tanakh 1917 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. Literal Standard Version A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, | [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity. Majority Standard Bible Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. New American Bible A bad tooth or an unsteady foot— a trust betrayed in time of trouble. NET Bible Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble. New Revised Standard Version Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble. New Heart English Bible Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot. Webster's Bible Translation Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. World English Bible Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot. Young's Literal Translation A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, Is the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. 19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. 20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.… Cross References Job 6:15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow, Proverbs 25:20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Isaiah 36:6 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. Treasury of Scripture Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 2 Chronicles 28:20,21 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not… Job 6:14-20 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty… Isaiah 30:1-3 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: … Jump to Previous Adversity Bad Broken Confidence Faith Faithless Foot Joint Lame One's Putting Reliance Shaking Slips Someone Time Times Tooth Treacherous Trouble Trust Unfaithful UnsteadyJump to Next Adversity Bad Broken Confidence Faith Faithless Foot Joint Lame One's Putting Reliance Shaking Slips Someone Time Times Tooth Treacherous Trouble Trust Unfaithful UnsteadyProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels Verse 19. - Hebrew (see on Ver. 11), A broken tooth, and a foot out of joint - confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble. A faithless man is as little to be relied on in a time of need as a loose or broken tooth, and a foot unsteady or actually dislocated. You cannot bite on the one, you cannot walk on the other; so the perfidious man fails you when most wanted. Septuagint, "The way [ὁδὸς, Vatican, is probably a clerical error for ὀδοὺς, al.] of the wicked, and the foot of the transgressor, shall perish in an evil day." A Bengal maxim runs, "A loose tooth and a feeble friend are equally bad" (Lane). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [Like] a brokenרֹ֭עָה (rō·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 7465: Broken, utterly tooth שֵׁ֣ן (šên) Noun - common singular Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff or a foot וְרֶ֣גֶל (wə·re·ḡel) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda out of joint מוּעָ֑דֶת (mū·‘ā·ḏeṯ) Verb - QalPass - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 4154: Made to slip, dislocated is confidence מִבְטָ֥ח (miḇ·ṭāḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4009: A refuge, security, assurance in a faithless man בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד (bō·w·ḡêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage in time בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of trouble. צָרָֽה׃ (ṣā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival Links Proverbs 25:19 NIVProverbs 25:19 NLT Proverbs 25:19 ESV Proverbs 25:19 NASB Proverbs 25:19 KJV Proverbs 25:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:19 French Bible Proverbs 25:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time (Prov. 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