Proverbs 18:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

New Living Translation
Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

English Standard Version
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Berean Study Bible
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

New American Standard Bible
Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

NASB 1995
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

NASB 1977
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor.

Amplified Bible
Before disaster the heart of a man is haughty and filled with self-importance, But humility comes before honor.

Christian Standard Bible
Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Contemporary English Version
Pride leads to destruction; humility leads to honor.

Good News Translation
No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Before destruction a person's heart is arrogant, but humility comes before honor.

International Standard Version
Before a man's downfall, his mind is arrogant, but humility precedes honor.

NET Bible
Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

New King James Version
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

King James 2000 Bible
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

New Heart English Bible
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

World English Bible
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

American King James Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

American Standard Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility.

A Faithful Version
Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

Darby Bible Translation
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour [goeth] humility.

English Revised Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.

Webster's Bible Translation
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The heart of man is high before destruction, "" And humility [is] before honor.

Young's Literal Translation
Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

Smith's Literal Translation
Before a breaking a man's heart will be lifted up, and before honor, humility.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Before ruin, the heart of a man will be lifted up, and before honor is humility.

Lamsa Bible
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty; and before honor is humility.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.
















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