Proverbs Chapter 25 verse 18 Holy Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
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A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
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A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
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A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Hebrew, A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow - a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour (see on Ver. 11). One who bears false witness against his neighbour prepares for him the instruments of death, such as those mentioned here. "A maul" (mephits), usually a heavy wooden hammer (compare malleus and "mallet"); here a club, or mace, used in battle, ῤόπαλον (Septuagint; comp. Jeremiah 51:20). There is a kind of climax in the three offensive weapons named - the club bruises, the sword inflicts wounds, the arrow pierces to the heart; and the three may represent the various baneful effects of false testimony, how it bruises reputation, spoils possessions, deprives of life. The second clause is from the Decalogue (Exodus 20:16).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) A maul--i.e., hammer, connected with "malleus" and "mallet." A false witness is as mischievous as the most deadly weapons.
