Proverbs 26:2 - Tree of Life Version

² Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse does not land.

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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 Adonai will look on my affliction and return good to me for his cursing this day.”

2 Samuel 16:8

Adonai has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you’ve reigned. Adonai has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom—so see, your own evil has overtaken you, because you are a man of bloodshed.”

Nehemiah 13:2

For they did not meet Bnei-Yisrael with bread and water, but instead hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Psalm 109:28

They may curse, but You bless. When they arise, they will be ashamed, but Your servant will rejoice.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man that wanders from his home.

Isaiah 16:2

For like fluttering birds, scattered from a nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of Arnon.

Numbers 23:8

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce one whom Adonai has not denounced?

1 Samuel 17:43

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