Proverbs 21:6
What does Proverbs 21:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 21:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The making of treasures by a lying tongue, <FI>Is<Fi> a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
- Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
- Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.
- Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
- Proverbs 20:14
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
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