New International Version
One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

New Living Translation
The crooked heart will not prosper; the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.

English Standard Version
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Berean Study Bible
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

New American Standard Bible
He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

King James Bible
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

International Standard Version
The person whose mind is perverse does not find good, and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

NET Bible
The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that is perverse in his heart will not find good and he that perverts his tongue falls into evil.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A twisted mind never finds happiness, and one with a devious tongue [repeatedly]gets into trouble.

Jubilee Bible 2000
He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.

King James 2000 Bible
He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

American King James Version
He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

American Standard Version
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

Darby Bible Translation
He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

English Revised Version
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

World English Bible
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Young's Literal Translation
The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

Spreuke 17:20 Afrikaans PWL
Hy wat in sy verstand, wil en emosie sleg praat, sal nie die goeie vind nie; hy wat ’n bose tong het, verval in boosheid.

Fjalët e urta 17:20 Albanian
Njeriu zemërshthurur nuk gjen asnjë të mirë, dhe ai që ka gjuhën e çoroditur bie në telashe.

ﺃﻣﺜﺎﻝ 17:20 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
الملتوي القلب لا يجد خيرا والمتقلب اللسان يقع في السوء.

D Sprüch 17:20 Bavarian
Falschheit füert zo nix; Druckser finddnd s End.

Притчи 17:20 Bulgarian
Който има опако сърце не намира добро, И който има извратен език изпада в нещастие.

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
心存邪僻的尋不著好處，舌弄是非的陷在禍患中。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
心存邪僻的寻不着好处，舌弄是非的陷在祸患中。

箴 言 17:20 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
心 存 邪 僻 的 ， 尋 不 著 好 處 ； 舌 弄 是 非 的 ， 陷 在 禍 患 中 。

箴 言 17:20 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
心 存 邪 僻 的 ， 寻 不 着 好 处 ； 舌 弄 是 非 的 ， 陷 在 祸 患 中 。

Proverbs 17:20 Croatian Bible
Opak srcem ne nalazi sreće, i komu je jezik zao, zapada u nesreću.

Přísloví 17:20 Czech BKR
Převrácené srdce nenalézá toho, což jest dobrého; a kdož má vrtký jazyk, upadá v těžkost.

Ordsprogene 17:20 Danish
Ej finder man Lykke, naar Hjertet er vrangt, man falder i Vaade, naar Tungen er falsk.

Spreuken 17:20 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Wie verdraaid is van hart, zal het goede niet vinden; en die verkeerd is met zijn tong, zal in het kwaad vallen.