Verse List for PROV 16:28

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B I ◄ ← Prov 16:28 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Perverse people stir up strife, ⇔ → then it separates close friends.

OET-LV A _person _of perversiti(es) he _sends _out strife and[fn] is_separating a _close _friend.

ULT A man of perverse things lets loose strife, ⇔ and a murmurer separates the friendly.

UST Perverse people cause other people to argue with each other, ⇔  and people who gossip about others cause friends to stop being friends.

BSB & MSB A perverse man spreads dissension, ⇔  and a gossip divides close friends.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A perverse man stirs up strife. ⇔  A whisperer separates close friends.

NET A perverse person spreads dissension, ⇔ and a gossip separates the closest friends.

LSV A contrary man sends forth contention,
A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

FBV Quarrelsome people cause conflict, and a gossip comes between the closest friends.

T4T ⇔  Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; ⇔  those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.

LEB • A person of perversity will spread dissent,
• and he who whispers separates a close friend.

BBE A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

Moff The intriguer sows discord, ⇔  the tell-tale divides friend from friend.

JPS A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

ASV A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; ⇔ And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

DRA A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

YLT A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Drby A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

RV A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
(A froward/ornery_or_disobedient man scattereth/scatters abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth/separates chief friends.)

SLT A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates friends.

Wbstr A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

KJB-1769 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.[fn]
(A froward/ornery_or_disobedient man soweth/sows strife: and a whisperer separateth/separates chief friends.)

KJB-1611 [fn]A froward man soweth strife; & a whisperer separateth chiefe friends.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.
(A froward/ornery_or_disobedient body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh/makes division among princes.)

Gnva A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
(A froward/ornery_or_disobedient person soweth/sows strife: and a tale teller maketh/makes division among princes.)

Cvdl A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.
(A froward/ornery_or_disobedient body causeth strife, and he it is a blabbe of his tongue, maketh/makes deuysion among princes.)

Wycl A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis.
(A wayward man raiseth/raises strives; and a man full of words departith princes.)

Luth Ein verkehrter Mensch richtet Hader an, und ein Verleumder macht Fürsten uneins.
(A wrong person directed discord/discontentment to/along, and a Verleumder power prince(s)/ruler(s) disagree.)

ClVg Homo perversus suscitat lites, et verbosus separat principes.
(Man perversus awakens lites, and wordsus separates leaders.)

UHB אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακὰ, καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύσει κακοῖς, καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους.

BrTr A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.