Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
KJV
Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quolibet vadens, sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ ὄρνεα πέταται καὶ στρουθοί, οὕτως ἀρὰ ματαία οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται οὐδενί.
LXX
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
ASV
כַּ/צִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭/נוּד כַּ/דְּר֣וֹר לָ/ע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם לא ל֣/וֹ תָבֹֽא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דְּר֣וֹר
drvr
noun · 2×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
יָנ֣וּד
ynvd
verb · 25×
יָּ֖עַף
y'p
verb · 32×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
קְלָלָ֔ה
qllh
noun · 33×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 14:28 — Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
- 1Sam 17:43 — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1Sam 17:43 — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 2Sam 16:12 — It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
- Deut 18:22 — When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt
- Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Deut 23:5 — Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
- Neh 13:2 — Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
- Num 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Num 23:8 — How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
- Prov 27:8 — As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- Prov 27:8 — As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- Ps 109:28 — Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.