Proverbs 25:19

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18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. 19Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

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Berean Standard Bible
Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
American Standard Version (1901)
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Bible in Basic English
Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.
Douay-Rheims 1899
To trust to an unfaithful man in the time of trouble, is like a rotten tooth, and weary foot,
Free Bible Version
Trusting in unreliable people in times of trouble is like eating with a broken tooth or walking on a bad foot.
Geneva Bible 1599
Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
King James (Authorized) Version
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
One Unity Resource Bible
Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.
Translation for Translators
Depending on unreliable people when you have troubles is as bad as trying to eat when you have a bad/hurting tooth or trying to walk when your foot is crippled.
Unlocked Literal Bible
An unfaithful man in whom you trust in a time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
Noah Webster Bible
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
World English Bible
Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.
Young's Literal Translation
A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.