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Proverbs 21:6

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6hThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue

is a ifleeting jvapor and a ksnare of death.2

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Footnotes

  1. 2Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

Cross references

  1. hch. 20:21; See ch. 10:2
  2. i[ch. 13:11]
  3. jJob 13:25
  4. k[ch. 8:36]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A fortune made by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Making a fortune through a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wealth created by a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who makes treasure by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and seeker of death.

KJV 1900King James Version

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.