Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Proverbs 26:2 in other translations
| BSB | Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. |
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| WEB | Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest. |
| ASV | As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. |
| YLT | As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. |
| DARBY | As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come. |
| BBE | As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause. |
| Webster | As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. |
What does Proverbs 26:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Proverbs 26:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 26:2
- Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
- Nehemiah 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.
- Psalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
- Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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. 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.
- 2 Samuel 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.
- 1 Samuel 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.
- Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
- 1 Samuel 14:28-29
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. Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Proverbs 26:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como el gorrión en su vagar, y como la golondrina en su vuelo, así la maldición sin causa nunca vendrá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme le moineau qui va çà et là, et l’hirondelle qui vole, ainsi la malédiction sans cause n’arrivera point. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie der Sperling hin und her flattert, wie die Schwalbe wegfliegt, so ein unverdienter Fluch: er trifft nicht ein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut avis ad alia transvolans, et passer quolibet vadens, sic maledictum frustra prolatum in quempiam superveniet. |