Proverbs 14:23
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Parallel Verses
English Standard Version
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

New American Standard Bible
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.

King James Bible
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty.

International Standard Version
In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.

NET Bible
In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In all that concerns you, one thing is profitable, and he that is diminished in his way of life is quiet and will be pleasant. Lord Jehovah heals every sickness, and the speech of the lips of the evil damages them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In hard work there is always something gained, but idle talk leads only to poverty.

King James 2000 Bible
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

American King James Version
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

American Standard Version
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Darby Bible Translation
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.

English Revised Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Webster's Bible Translation
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

World English Bible
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Young's Literal Translation
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.
Lexicon
In all labour
`etseb  (eh'-tseb)
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind): grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
there is profit
mowthar  (mo-thar')
literally, gain; figuratively, superiority -- plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
but the talk
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of the lips
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
tendeth only to penury
machcowr  (makh-sore')
deficiency; hence, impoverishment -- lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
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