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Proverbs 25:19

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19A bad tooth and a lame foot

is the trust of a faithless person in a timek of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. kLiterally “on a day”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble

is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like a broken tooth or a lame foot

is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time

is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

NLTNew Living Translation

Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble

is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.

KJV 1900King James Version

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble

Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.