American Standard Version (1901)
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 10:20
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
Asang Khongca Bible
Palungha kami ih palai loe qoih ih sumkanglung baktiah oh; toe kahoih ai kami ih palungthin loe atho om ai.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Aka dueng kah ol tah cak a coelh bangla om tih halang kah a lungbuei tah vilvel mai ni.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Aka dueng kah ol tah cak a coelh bangla om tih halang kah a lungbuei tah vilvel mai ni.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
O ke elelo o ka mea pono, he kala maikai ia; O ka naau o ka poe hewa, he wahi mea iki wale no ia.
English Berean Standard Bible
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Pawòl ki soti nan bouch moun k'ap mache dwat, se lò. Men, lide k'ap travay nan tèt yon mechan pa vo anyen.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
Argentum electum lingua justi; cor autem impiorum pro nihilo.
Bible in Basic English
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
La langue du juste est de l’argent choisi, le cœur des méchants est peu de chose.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Stříbro výborné jest jazyk spravedlivého, ale srdce bezbožných za nic nestojí.
Kosraean Bible
Kas lun sie mwet wo oana silver nasnas, a nunak lun sie mwet koluk wanginna sripa.
World Portuguese Bible
A língua do justo é como prata pura. O coração dos ímpios tem pouco valor.
Romanian BTF Bible
Limba celor drepți este ca argint ales; inima celor stricați are puțină valoare.
Brenton English Septuagint
The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ဖြောင့်မတ်သောသူ၏လျှာသည် ငွေစင်နှင့်တူ ၏။ ဆိုးသောသူ ၏ နှလုံးမူကား အဘိုးမထိုက်။
Darby Translation
The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Die Zunge des Gerechten ist auserlesenes Silber, der Verstand der Gesetzlosen ist wenig wert.
Dutch Bible 1917
De tong des rechtvaardigen is uitgelezen zilver; het hart der goddelozen is weinig waard.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
Het fijnste zilver is de tong van een rechtvaardige, Het hart der bozen is weinig waard.
Italian Diodati Bible
La lingua del giusto è argento eletto; Ma il cuor degli empi è ben poca cosa.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
Geneva Bible 1599
The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.
Noyes Bible
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; The understanding of the wicked is of little worth.
Danish Bible 1931
Den retfærdiges Tunge er udsøgt Sølv, gudløses Hjerte er intet værd.
Leeser Tanakh
[Like] choice silver is the tongue of the righteous: the heart of the wicked is worth but very little.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
King James Version
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Lưỡi người công bình giống như bạc cao; Còn lòng kẻ hung ác không ra gì.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
Revised West Version
ʻOku tatau mo e siliva lelei ʻae ʻelelo ʻoe angatonu: ka ʻoku taʻeʻaonga ʻae loto ʻoe angahala.
French Ostervald Bible
La langue du juste est un argent de choix; mais le cœur des méchants vaut peu de chose.
Esperanto Bible
La lango de piulo estas plej bonspeca arĝento; La koro de malpiuloj estas kiel nenio.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
La langue du juste est un argent de choix; Le cœur des méchants est peu de chose.
German Luther Bible 1912
Des Gerechten Zunge ist köstliches Silber; aber der Gottlosen Herz ist wie nichts.
LXX2012 U. S. English
The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
British English Septuagint 2012
The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
Majority Standard BIble
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
Webster Bible
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Revised Version
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Italian Riveduta Bible
La lingua del giusto è argento eletto; il cuore degli empi val poco.
French Free Holy Bible for the World
La langue du juste est comme de l'argent de choix ; le cœur des méchants a peu de valeur.
Reina Valera 1909
Plata escogida es la lengua del justo: mas el entendimiento de los impíos es como nada.
Spanish BLL
La lengua del justo es plata pura; el corazón de los malvados no vale nada.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Plata escogida es la lengua del justo, mas el corazón de los impíos es de poco valor.
Croatian Bible
Pravednikov je jezik odabrano srebro, a razum opakoga malo vrijedi.
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Jezik je pravednikov srebro odabrano; srce bezbožničko ne vredi ništa.
German Textbibel
Auserlesenes Silber ist des Frommen Zunge; der Gottlosen Verstand ist wenig wert.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
The tongue of the just is tried silver; But the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר לְשׁ֣וֹן צַדִּ֑יק לֵ֖ב רְשָׁעִ֣ים כִּמְעָֽט׃
World English Bible
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World English Bible (Catholic)
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World English Bible British Edition
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World English Bible Classic
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World English Bible Updated
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World Messianic Bible
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Young's Literal Translation
The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked — as a little thing.
SEPTUAGINTA
ἄργυρος πεπυρωμένος γλῶσσα δικαίου, καρδία δὲ ἀσεβοῦς ἐκλείψει.
Brenton Septuagint
Ἄργυρος πεπυρωμένος γλῶσσα δικαίου, καρδία δὲ ἀσεβοῦς ἐκλείψει.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Лимба челуй неприхэнит есте арӂинт алес; инима челор рэй есте пуцин лукру.
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Очищене срібло — язик праведника, серце же безбожних — се покидь.
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Очищене срібло — язик праведника, серце же безбожних — се покидь.
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Језик је праведников сребро одабрано; срце безбожничко не вреди ништа.
Russian Synodal Bible
Отборное серебро язык праведного, сердце же нечестивых - ничтожество.
Hebrew Masoretic OT
כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר לְשֹׁ֣ון צַדִּ֑יק לֵ֖ב רְשָׁעִ֣ים כִּמְעָֽט׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
כסף נבחר לשון צדיק לב רשעים כמעט׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
لِسَانُ ٱلصِّدِّيقِ فِضَّةٌ مُخْتَارَةٌ. قَلْبُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ كَشَيْءٍ زَهِيدٍ.
Old Persion Version Bible
زبان عادلان نقره خالص است، اما دل شریران لاشی ء میباشد.
Judson Burmese Bible
ဖြောင့်မတ် သောသူ၏လျှာ သည် ငွေစင် နှင့် တူ ၏။ ဆိုး သောသူ ၏ နှလုံး မူကား အဘိုး မထိုက်။
Korean Bible 1910
여호와께서 복을 주시므로 사람으로 부하게 하시고 근심을 겸하여 주지 아니하시느니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
義人の舌は選り抜きの銀のようだが、 悪しき者の心にはほとんど価値がない。
World Chinese Bible
义人的舌头如精银； 恶人的心价值微小。
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
义人的舌乃 似高银； 恶人的心所值无几。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
義人的舌乃 似高銀； 惡人的心所值無幾。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
A língua do justo é como prata escolhida; o coração dos perversos vale pouco.
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Mashi Bible
Olulimi lw’entagengwa gabà marhale gacîre, omurhima gw’enkola-maligo gurhagwêrhi citwîro cinganaci!
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Des Gerechten Zunge ist auserlesenes Silber; das Herz der Gottlosen ist wenig wert.
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
La lengua del hombre recto es como plata probada; el corazón del malhechor es de poco valor.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
La boca del justo es plata pura, Pero el corazón del perverso es nada.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The lashon of the tzaddik is as choice kesef; the lev of the resha'im is of little worth.
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