Proverbs 26:2 - The Message You have as little to fear from an undeserved curse as from the dart of a wren or the swoop of a swallow. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, So the curse causeless shall not come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. Common English Bible Like a darting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse never arrives. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |