Proverbs 25:18
18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
Other Translations of Proverbs 25:18
King James Version
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
English Standard Version
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
The Message
18 Anyone who tells lies against the neighbors in court or on the street is a loose cannon.
New King James Version
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
New Living Translation
18 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.
Jeremiah 50:23
23 How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
Other Translations of Jeremiah 50:23
King James Version
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
English Standard Version
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
The Message
23 The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition.
New King James Version
23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;
New Living Translation
23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 50:23
Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32
(Read Jeremiah 50:21-32)
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 25:18
Commentary on Proverbs 25:18
(Read Proverbs 25:18)
A false testimony is dangerous in every thing.