Proverbs 25:18
Strong's Lexicon
[Like] a club
מֵפִ֣יץ (mê·p̄îṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4650: 1) scatterer, disperser, scattering club

or sword
וְ֭חֶרֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

or sharp
שָׁנ֑וּן (šā·nūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8150: 1) to sharpen, whet 1a) (Qal) to whet, sharpen 1b) (Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively) 1c)(Hithpolel) to be pierced

arrow
וְחֵ֣ץ (wə·ḥêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: 1) arrow

[is] a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

who bears
עֹנֶ֥ה (‘ō·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer 2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully 3) (Qal) to dwell

false
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain

witness
עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5707: 1) witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)

against his neighbor.
בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ (ḇə·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: 1) friend, companion, fellow, another person 1a) friend, intimate 1b) fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense) 1c) other, another (reciprocal phrase)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor.

Young's Literal Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

New American Standard Bible
[Like] a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false~ witness against his neighbor.

King James Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

New Living Translation
Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow.

English Standard Version
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

New American Standard Bible
Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

King James Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man giving false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

International Standard Version
A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow— that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

NET Bible
Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

American Standard Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

English Revised Version
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Young's Literal Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
















Cross References
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Proverbs 25:17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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