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Proverbs 26:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 2 Just as a bird has reason to flee and a swallow to fly,
  So a curse does not come without a real reason.*

Proverbs 26:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 2 Just as a bird has cause for fleeing [and] just as a swallow for flying, so a malediction itself does not come without real cause.+

Proverbs 26:2

The Bible in Living English
- 2 * As with a sparrow in its wanderings, as with a swallow in its flight,
  so with a groundless curse; it does not come in.

Proverbs 26:2

American Standard Version
- 2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

Proverbs 26:2

The Emphasized Bible
- 2 As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying So a causeless curse shall not alight.

Proverbs 26:2

King James Version
- 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.