Ecclesiastes 10:12

American Standard Version (1901)

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

ASV Byzantine Text

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palungha kami ih pakha thung hoiah tacawt loknawk loe tahmenhaih to oh, toe kamthu loe angmah ih pahni mah paaeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlang cueih ka dongkah ol tah mikdaithen om tih aka ang kah hmuilai long tah amah a dolh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang cueih ka dongkah ol tah mikdaithen om tih aka ang kah hmuilai long tah amah a dolh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O na olelo a ka waha o ka mea naauao, ua lokomaikai no, aka, o na lehelehe o ka mea naaupo, e ale auanei ia ia iho.

English Berean Standard Bible

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pawòl ki soti nan bouch yon moun ki gen konprann sèvi yon lwanj pou li. Men pawòl nan bouch moun sòt ap lakòz lanmò yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis præcipitabunt eum;

Bible in Basic English

The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Les paroles de la bouche du sage sont pleines de grâce, mais les lèvres d’un sot l’engloutissent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Slova úst moudrého jsou příjemná, ale rtové blázna sehlcují jej.

Kosraean Bible

Kas lun sie mwet lalmwetmet ac oru mwet uh in akfulatyal, a kas lun sie mwet lalfon sifacna kunausulla.

World Portuguese Bible

As palavras da boca do sábio são cheias de graça; mas o tolo é engolido por seus próprios lábios.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cuvintele gurii unui om înțelept sunt cu har, dar buzele unui prost îl vor înghiți.

Brenton English Septuagint

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ပညာရှိသောသူ၏စကားသည် လျောက်ပတ်၏။ မိုက်သောသူ၏ နှုတ်မူကား သူ့ကိုယ်ကိုမျိုတတ်၏။

Darby Translation

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Die Worte des Mundes eines Weisen sind Anmut, aber die Lippen eines Toren verschlingen ihn.

Dutch Bible 1917

De woorden van een wijzen mond zijn aangenaam; maar de lippen van een zot verslinden hemzelven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Aangenaam zijn woorden uit de mond van een wijze; Maar de lippen van een dwaas brengen hem verderf.

Italian Diodati Bible

Le parole della bocca del savio non sono altro che grazia; ma le labbra dello stolto lo distruggono .

Douay-Rheims 1899

The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong.

Geneva Bible 1599

The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

Noyes Bible

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool are his destruction.

Danish Bible 1931

Ord fra Vismands Mund vinder Yndest, en Dåres Læber bringer ham Våde;

Leeser Tanakh

The words of a wise man's mouth [bring] grace; but the lips of a fool will destroy himself.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

King James Version

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lời của miệng người khôn ngoan có ơn; nhưng môi của kẻ khờ dại lại nuốt lấy nó.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku lelei ʻae lea mei he ngutu ʻoe tangata poto; ka ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae vale ʻe hono loungutu ʻoʻona.

French Ostervald Bible

Les paroles de la bouche du sage sont pleines de grâce; mais les lèvres du fou l'engloutissent.

Esperanto Bible

Vortoj el buŝo de saĝulo estas agrablaj, sed la buŝo de malsaĝulo lin mem pereigas.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les paroles de la bouche du sage sont pleines de grâce; mais les lèvres de l’insensé causent sa perte.

German Luther Bible 1912

Die Worte aus dem Mund eines Weisen sind holdselig; aber des Narren Lippen verschlingen ihn selbst.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

British English Septuagint 2012

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

Majority Standard BIble

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Webster Bible

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Revised Version

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Le parole della bocca del savio son piene di grazia; ma le labbra dello stolto son causa della sua rovina.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les paroles de la bouche du sage sont pleines de grâce ; mais les lèvres de l'insensé causent sa ruine.

Reina Valera 1909

Las palabras de la boca del sabio son gracia; mas los labios del necio causan su propia ruina.

Spanish BLL

Las palabras del sabio son amables, pero al necio lo destruye lo que sale de sus propios labios.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Las palabras de la boca del sabio son llenas de gracia, mas los labios del necio causan su propia ruina.

Croatian Bible

Pune su miline riječi iz usta mudraca, a bezumnika upropašćuju njegove usne.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Reči iz usta mudrog ljupke su, a bezumnog proždiru usne njegove.

German Textbibel

Worte aus dem Mund eines Weisen sind lieblich; aber die Lippen des Thoren verderben ihn.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: But the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃

World English Bible

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible British Edition

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible Classic

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World English Bible Updated

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World Messianic Bible

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Young's Literal Translation

Words of the mouth of the wise [are] gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

SEPTUAGINTA

λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν·

Brenton Septuagint

Λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кувинтеле унуй ынцелепт сунт плэкуте, дар бузеле небунулуй ый адук пеиря.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Слово з уст мудрого — пожиток, а уста дурного гублять його самого:

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Слово з уст мудрого — пожиток, а уста дурного гублять його самого:

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Речи из уста мудрог љупке су, а безумног прождиру усне његове.

Russian Synodal Bible

Слова из уст мудрого - благодать, а уста глупого губят его же:

Hebrew Masoretic OT

דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְתֹ֥ות כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

דברי פי חכם חן ושפתות כסיל תבלענו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

كَلِمَاتُ فَمِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ نِعْمَةٌ، وَشَفَتَا ٱلْجَاهِلِ تَبْتَلِعَانِهِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

سخنان دهان حکیم فیض بخش است، امالبهای احمق خودش را می‌بلعد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ပညာရှိ သောသူ၏စကား သည် လျောက်ပတ် ၏။ မိုက် သောသူ၏ နှုတ် မူကား သူ့ ကိုယ်ကိုမျို တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

지혜자의 입의 말은 은혜로우나 우매자의 입술은 자기를 삼키나니

Japanese Freedom Bible

知恵ある者の言葉は恵みに満ちる。しかし、愚かな者は自分の唇に呑み込まれる。

World Chinese Bible

智慧人口中的话带着恩惠，愚昧人却被自己的嘴唇吞灭。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

智慧人的口说出恩言； 愚昧人的嘴吞灭自己。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

智慧人的口說出恩言； 愚昧人的嘴吞滅自己。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

As palavras da boca do sábio são agradáveis; porém os lábios do tolo o devoram.

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Mashi Bible

Akanwa k’abarhimanya binjà kaderha, akanwa k’omusirhe yêhe ko kanamuheza.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Die Reden eines Weisen sind anmutig; aber die Lippen des Toren verschlingen ihn selbst.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Las palabras de un sabio son dulces para todos, pero los labios de un hombre necio son su destrucción.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Las palabras del sabio son provechosas, Pero los labios del necio causan su propia ruina.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The words of a chachamʼs mouth are chen (gracious); but the lips of a kesil will swallow up himself.

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