அவன் வாயின் சொற்கள் வெண்ணெயைப்போல மெதுவானவைகள், அவன் இருதயமோ யுத்தம்; அவன் வார்த்தைகள் எண்ணெயிலும் மிருதுவானவைகள், ஆனாலும் அவைகள் உருவின பட்டயங்கள்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
American Standard Version (ASV)
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Smooth were the milky [words] of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
World English Bible (WEB)
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is’ war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are’ drawn `swords’.
Cross Reference
Psalm 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
John 13:2
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
Luke 20:20
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Matthew 26:25
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Psalm 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalm 62:4
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Psalm 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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