Like a (A)sparrow in its [a]flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a (B)curse without cause does not come to rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:2 Lit wandering

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
    an undeserved curse does not come to rest.(A)

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As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

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Then, like (A)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of (B)Moab will be at the crossing places of the (C)Arnon.

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Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,(A)
so are the women of Moab(B)
    at the fords(C) of the Arnon.(D)

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For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

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