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Like a fluttering sparrow, Like a darting swallow, So the undeserved curse doesn`t come to rest.
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Unjust Curses Are Ineffective
All commentators agree that a curse spoken without a just cause is powerless. The verse compares it to a sparrow or swallow flying aimlessly—it never lands on its intended target. Matthew Henry summarizes this by saying a causeless curse will do no more harm than a bird flying over one's head. This provides reassurance that baseless, malicious words from others have no real power against the righteous.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That is, “Vague as the flight of the sparrow, aimless as the wheelings of the swallow, is the causeless curse. It will never reach its goal.” The m…
19th Century
Anglican
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying. —Rather, As the bird (any small one, especially the sparrow)…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying As a bird, particularly the sparrow, as the word F8 is…
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He who is cursed without cause, the curse will do him no more harm than the bird that flies over his head.
