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Proverbs 29:5

iA man who flatters his neighbor

spreads ja net for his feet.

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Proverbs 29:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Those who flatter their neighbors

are spreading nets for their feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

A man that flattereth his neighbour

Spreadeth a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

To flatter friends

is to lay a trap for their feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A man who flatters his neighbor

Spreads a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Those who give false praise to their neighbors

are setting a trap for them.

Proverbs 29:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A man that flattereth his neighbor

Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Proverbs 29:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.

Proverbs 29:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A person who flatters his neighbor 

is spreading a net for him to step into. 

Proverbs 29:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A man who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Whoever flatters a neighbor

is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A strong man who flatters his neighbor

is spreading a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A man who only pretends to praise his neighbor

is spreading a net to catch him by the feet.

Proverbs 29:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A man who flatters his neighbor

Is spreading a net for his steps.


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