NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Hearshama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) for I will speak dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue of excellent things nagiyd (naw-gheed') captain, chief, excellent thing, (chief) governor, leader, noble, prince, (chief) ruler. and the opening miphtach (mif-tawkh') an aperture, i.e. (figuratively) utterance -- opening. of my lips saphah (saw-faw') the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) shall be right things meyshar (may-shawr') evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things. King James Bible Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. Holman Christian Standard Bible Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right. International Standard Version Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right. NET Bible Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Hear me, because it is truth that I speak, and my mouth opens with uprightness.” GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen! I am speaking about noble things, and my lips will say what is right. King James 2000 Bible Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips shall come right things. Links Proverbs 8:6Proverbs 8:6 NIV Proverbs 8:6 NLT Proverbs 8:6 ESV Proverbs 8:6 NASB Proverbs 8:6 KJV |
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