Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet. New Living Translation To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet. English Standard Version A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Berean Standard Bible A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. King James Bible A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. New King James Version A man who flatters his neighbor Spreads a net for his feet. New American Standard Bible A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. NASB 1995 A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. NASB 1977 A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. Legacy Standard Bible A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. Amplified Bible A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm] Is spreading a net for his own feet. Christian Standard Bible A person who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. American Standard Version A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A man that is duplicitous with his neighbor spreads a net for his steps. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it. Contemporary English Version Flattery is nothing less than setting a trap. Douay-Rheims Bible A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet. English Revised Version A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps. GOD'S WORD® Translation A person who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for him to step into. Good News Translation If you flatter your friends, you set a trap for yourself. International Standard Version A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks. JPS Tanakh 1917 A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps. Literal Standard Version A man taking a portion above his neighbor, | Spreads a net for his own steps. Majority Standard Bible A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. New American Bible Those who speak flattery to their neighbor cast a net at their feet. NET Bible The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps. New Revised Standard Version Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet. New Heart English Bible A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Webster's Bible Translation A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. World English Bible A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. Young's Literal Translation A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed…4By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it. 5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. 6An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.… Cross References Psalm 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. Psalm 36:2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue. Treasury of Scripture A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. that Proverbs 7:5,21 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words… Proverbs 20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Proverbs 26:24,25,28 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; … spreadeth Proverbs 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Lamentations 1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Jump to Previous Feet Flattereth Flatters Neighbor Neighbour Net Portion Smooth Spreadeth Spreading Spreads Steps StretchingJump to Next Feet Flattereth Flatters Neighbor Neighbour Net Portion Smooth Spreadeth Spreading Spreads Steps StretchingProverbs 29 1. observations of public government15. and of private 22. Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption Verse 5. - A man that flattereth his neighbour; says only what is agreeable, applauds his words and actions indiscriminately, and makes him think too well of himself he is no true friend (see Proverbs 28:23). Spreadeth a net for his feet; his stops (Proverbs 26:28; Job 18:8, etc.). If a man listens to such flattering words, and is influenced by them, he works his own ruin; self-deceived, he knows not his real condition, and accordingly makes grievous disaster of his life. The LXX. gives a different turn to the sentence, "He that prepareth a net before his friend entangles his own feet therein" (comp. Proverbs 26:27; Proverbs 28:10). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A manגֶּ֭בֶר (ge·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply who flatters מַחֲלִ֣יק (ma·ḥă·lîq) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate his neighbor רֵעֵ֑הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow spreads פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ (pō·w·rêś) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6566: To break apart, disperse a net רֶ֝֗שֶׁת (re·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7568: A net for עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against his feet. פְּעָמָֽיו׃ (pə·‘ā·māw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence Links Proverbs 29:5 NIVProverbs 29:5 NLT Proverbs 29:5 ESV Proverbs 29:5 NASB Proverbs 29:5 KJV Proverbs 29:5 BibleApps.com Proverbs 29:5 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 29:5 Chinese Bible Proverbs 29:5 French Bible Proverbs 29:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 29:5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads (Prov. 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