Proverbs 26:2 - Modern English Version

² Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse without cause shall not alight.

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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.

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.

Proverbs 26:2 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps today the Lord will look upon my guilt and return kindness instead of his cursing.”

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. You are taken in your own evil, because you are a man of blood.”

Nehemiah 13:2

because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water, but hired Balaam to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but You will bless; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let Your servant rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home.

Isaiah 16:2

For it shall be that as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How will I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how will I defy whom the Lord has not defied?

1 Samuel 17:43

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.