Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Holman Bible
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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International Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A Conservative Version
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
American Standard Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Amplified
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Bible in Basic English
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Darby Translation
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.
King James 2000
A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Modern King James verseion
A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.
NET Bible
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Heart English Bible
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
The Emphasized Bible
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
Webster
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
World English Bible
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. 28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 29:5
A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
Proverbs 6:24
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 7:5
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
Proverbs 7:21-23
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
Luke 20:20-21
And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,
John 8:40
and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
John 8:44-49
Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.
John 10:32-33
Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'
John 15:22-24
if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.