Catholic Public Domain Version
"Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away."
— Proverbs 26:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.”
“As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not. ”
“Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.”
“Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.”
“As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.”
“As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.”
“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.”
In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.
Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.