Proverbs 26:2 - Catholic Public Domain Version

² Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. [Num. 23:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

Common English Bible

² Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.

English Standard Version 2016

² Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

Proverbs 26:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day."

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has repaid you for all the blood of the house of Saul. For you have usurped the kingdom in place of him. And so, the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And behold, your evils press close upon you, because you are a man of blood."

Nehemiah 13:2

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Proverbs 27:8

Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.

Isaiah 16:2

And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you approach against me with a staff?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.