Proverbs 16:28
Proverbs 16:28 — The New International Version (NIV)
28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
28 A froward man soweth strife:
And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)
28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
gossip separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
28 A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — New Century Version (NCV)
28 A useless person causes trouble,
and a gossip ruins friendships.
Proverbs 16:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)
28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
28 A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
28 A devious person spreads quarrels.
A gossip separates the closest of friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
28 A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28 A perverse person spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
and he who whispers separates a close friend.
Proverbs 16:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
28 A twisted person stirs up fights.
Anyone who talks about others comes between close friends.
Proverbs 16:28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.