Proverbs 8:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

New Living Translation
for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception.

English Standard Version
for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Berean Study Bible
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

New American Standard Bible
“For my mouth will proclaim truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

NASB 1995
"For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

NASB 1977
“For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Amplified Bible
“For my mouth will utter truth, And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.

Christian Standard Bible
For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For my mouth tells the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Contemporary English Version
I always speak the truth and refuse to tell a lie.

Good News Translation
What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My mouth expresses the truth, and wickedness is disgusting to my lips.

International Standard Version
For my mouth speaks the truth— wickedness is detestable to me.

NET Bible
For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

New King James Version
For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

King James 2000 Bible
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

New Heart English Bible
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

World English Bible
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

American King James Version
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

American Standard Version
For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

A Faithful Version
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Darby Bible Translation
For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

English Revised Version
For my mouth shall utter truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Webster's Bible Translation
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For my throte shal be talkynge of ye trueth, & my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For my mouth utters truth, "" And wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

Young's Literal Translation
For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

Smith's Literal Translation
For my palate shall meditate the truth, and evil is the abomination of my lips.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For my mouth ruminates truth and lying lips are unclean before me.

Lamsa Bible
For my mouth shall speak truth, and lying lips are an abomination before me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For my mouth shall utter truth, And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
















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