Ecclesiastes 10:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.

New Living Translation
Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

English Standard Version
The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Berean Study Bible
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

New American Standard Bible
Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

NASB 1995
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

NASB 1977
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

Amplified Bible
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him;

Christian Standard Bible
The words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Contemporary English Version
If you talk sensibly, you will have friends; if you talk foolishly, you will destroy yourself.

Good News Translation
What the wise say brings them honor, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A wise person's words win favors, but a fool's lips are self-destructive.

International Standard Version
The words spoken by the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool will devour him.

NET Bible
The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

New King James Version
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

King James 2000 Bible
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

New Heart English Bible
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

American King James Version
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

American Standard Version
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

A Faithful Version
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Darby Bible Translation
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

English Revised Version
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Webster's Bible Translation
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(10:11) The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, "" And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Young's Literal Translation
Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Smith's Literal Translation
The words of the wise one's mouth, grace; and the lips of the foolish one shall swallow him down.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The words of the mouth of the wise one are glory, and the lips of a fool ruin him

Lamsa Bible
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will ruin him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; But the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
















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