Jump to Previous Associate Avoid Betrays Business Busybody Company Confidence Counsels Deceiver Flattereth Foolishly Gives Goes Gossip Lips Meddle Open Openeth Opens Others Revealer Revealeth Reveals Secret Secrets Slanderer Speaks Talebearer Tale-Bearer Talebearing Talking Talks WideJump to Next Associate Avoid Betrays Business Busybody Company Confidence Counsels Deceiver Flattereth Foolishly Gives Goes Gossip Lips Meddle Open Openeth Opens Others Revealer Revealeth Reveals Secret Secrets Slanderer Speaks Talebearer Tale-Bearer Talebearing Talking Talks WideParallel Verses English Standard Version Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler. New American Standard Bible He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip. King James Bible He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth. International Standard Version Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences; so don't get involved with someone who talks too much. NET Bible The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that reveals a secret is a slanderer, and he that is faithful in his spirit hides a matter; and do not associate with one whose lips are hasty. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever goes around as a gossip tells secrets. Do not associate with a person whose mouth is always open. King James 2000 Bible He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore associate not with him who flatters with his lips. American King James Version He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips. American Standard Version He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips. Douay-Rheims Bible Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips. Darby Bible Translation He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips. English Revised Version He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips. Webster's Bible Translation He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. World English Bible He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips. Young's Literal Translation A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety. Lexicon He that goeth abouthalak (haw-lak') to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) as a talebearer rakiyl (raw-keel') slander, carry tales, talebearer. revealeth galah (gaw-law') to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal secrets cowd (sode) a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret -- assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel). therefore meddle `arab (aw-rab') to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange) not with him that flattereth pathah (paw-thaw') to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude with his lips saphah (saw-faw') the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) Multilingual Proverbes 20:19 FrenchProverbios 20:19 Biblia Paralela Links Proverbs 20:19 NIV • Proverbs 20:19 NLT • Proverbs 20:19 ESV • Proverbs 20:19 NASB • Proverbs 20:19 KJV • Proverbs 20:19 Bible Apps • Proverbs 20:19 Parallel • Bible Hub |