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Proverbs 16:28

28  dA efroward man soweth strife:

And fa whisperer gseparateth chief friends.

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Proverbs 16:28 — The New International Version (NIV)

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,

and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:28 — English Standard Version (ESV)

28 A dishonest man spreads strife,

and a whisperer separates close 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.


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