Proverbs 29:5 · Webster's Bible
Proverbs 29:5 in the Original Hebrew
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Proverbs 29:5 in Other Translations
| KJV | A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. |
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| WEB | A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. |
| ASV | A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps. |
| YLT | A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps. |
| WBT | A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. |
| DBY | A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps. |
Commentary on Proverbs 29:5
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
John Gill · Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour,.... That speaks smooth things to him gives him flattering titles, speaks fair to his face, highly commends him on one account or another:
spreadeth a net for his feet; has an idle design upon him, and therefore should be guarded against; his view is to draw him into a snare and make a prey of him; he attacks him on his weak side, and hopes to make some advantage of it to himself; wherefore flatterers should be avoided as pernicious persons; or he spreads a net for his own feet, and is taken in the snare which he had laid for his neighbour; or falls into the pit he dug for him, as Gersom observes; see Psa 140:5.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Proverbs 29:5
(Compare Pro 26:28).
spreadeth . . . feet--By misleading him as to his real character, the flatterer brings him to evil, prepared by himself or others.
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Questions about Proverbs 29:5
What does Proverbs 29:5 say?
Proverbs 29:5 in the Webster's Bible reads: “A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.” Read it in the full context of Proverbs 29, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Proverbs 29:5 found in the Bible?
Proverbs 29:5 is in the book of Proverbs, chapter 29, verse 5, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Proverbs 29:5 shown in?
This is the Webster's Bible (WBT), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Proverbs 29:5 in the table on this page.
Those may be said to flatter their neighbours who commend and applaud that good in them (the good they do or the good they have) which really either is not or is not such as they represent it, and who profess that esteem and that affection for them which really they have not; these spread a net for their feet. 1. For their neighbours' feet, whom they flatter. They have an ill design in it; they would not praise them as they do but that they hope to make an advantage of them; and it is therefore wisdom to suspect those who flatter us, that they are secretly laying a snare for us, and to stand on our guard accordingly. Or it has an ill effect on those who are flattered; it puffs them up with pride, and makes them conceited and confident of themselves, and so proves a net that entangles them in sin. 2. For their own feet; so some understand it. He that flatters others, in expectation that they will return his compliments and flatter him, does but make himself ridiculous and odious even to those he flatters.