Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
is a vanishing mist,
New American Standard Bible
Is a fleeting vapor, the
King James Version
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
International Standard Version
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
A Conservative Version
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.
American Standard Version
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Amplified
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Bible in Basic English
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
Darby Translation
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Julia Smith Translation
The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.
King James 2000
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who makes treasure by a lying tongue [is a] fleeting vapor [and] seeker of death.
Modern King James verseion
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by those who seek death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.
NET Bible
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
New Heart English Bible
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
The Emphasized Bible
The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,
Webster
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
World English Bible
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
Youngs Literal Translation
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Themes
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
Lying/lies » The acquiring of wealth by lying
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Get, by vanity
The lord seeking that which was lost » Those that seek death
Vanity » Riches gotten by falsehood are
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
5
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
is a vanishing mist,
because they refuse to act justly.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 13:11
but whoever earns it through labor
Proverbs 20:21
will not be blessed ultimately.
Proverbs 8:36
all who hate me love death.”
Proverbs 10:2
but righteousness rescues from death.
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit
Proverbs 20:14
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
Proverbs 22:8
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 30:8
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
Jeremiah 17:11
is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
In the middle of his days
his riches will abandon him,
so in the end he will be a fool.
Ezekiel 18:31
Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Titus 1:11
It is necessary to silence them; they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.