6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.


In Context

3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.