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Proverbs 21:6

6 The aacquisition of treasures by a lying tongue

Is a fleeting vapor, the 1pursuit of bdeath.

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Proverbs 21:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

A fortune made by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

Proverbs 21:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 21:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

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

Proverbs 21:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Wealth created by a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.

Proverbs 21:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Getting treasures by a lying tongue

Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

Proverbs 21:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Wealth that comes from telling lies

vanishes like a mist and leads to death.

Proverbs 21:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time. 

They are looking for death. 

Proverbs 21:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Making a fortune through a lying tongue

is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

Proverbs 21:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 21:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He who makes treasure by a lying tongue

is a fleeting vapor and seeker of death.

Proverbs 21:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A fortune made by people who tell lies

amounts to nothing and leads to death.


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