Proverbs 17:7

American Standard Version (1901)

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

ASV Byzantine Text

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kahoih lok loe kamthu hoi amcuk ai baktih toengah, amsawnlok doeh ukkung angraeng hoi amcuk ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hlangrhuel hmuilai he a ang ham a rhoeprhui moenih. A honghi kah hmuilai khaw hlangcong hamla koih loeng loeng van pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlangrhuel hmuilai he a ang ham a rhoeprhui moenih. A honghi kah hmuilai khaw hlangcong hamla koih loeng loeng van pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aole i kupono i ka mea naaupo ka lehelehe pololei; Aole loa hoi i ke alii ka lehelehe wahahee.

English Berean Standard Bible

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yon moun sòt pa ka di anyen ki bon. Konsa tou, yon moun serye pa nan bay manti.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Non decent stultum verba composita, nec principem labium mentiens.

Bible in Basic English

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

La parole excellente ne convient point à un homme vil ; combien moins [sied] à un prince la lèvre menteuse.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nesluší na blázna řeči znamenité, ovšem na kníže řeč lživá.

Kosraean Bible

Sufal mwet leum in fahk kas kikiap, oayapa kas wo tia tuku sin sie mwet lalfon.

World Portuguese Bible

O falar excelente não convém ao tolo, muito menos os lábios mentirosos ao príncipe.

Romanian BTF Bible

Prostului nu i se potrivește o vorbire aleasă; cu atât mai puțin buze mincinoase unui prinț.

Brenton English Septuagint

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မြတ်သောစကားသည် မိုက်သောသူနှင့် မတော် မသင့်။ ထိုမျှမက၊ မုသာစကားသည် မင်းနှင့်မတော် မသင့်။

Darby Translation

Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Vortreffliche Rede schickt sich nicht für einen gemeinen Menschen; wieviel weniger Lügenrede für einen Edlen!

Dutch Bible 1917

Een voortreffelijke lip past een dwaze niet, veelmin een prins een leugenachtige lip.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Als oprechte taal een dwaas niet staat, Past een edelman zeker geen leugentaal.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il parlar magnifico non è decevole all'uomo da nulla; Quanto meno al principe il labbro falso!

Douay-Rheims 1899

Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

Noyes Bible

Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!

Danish Bible 1931

Ypperlig Tale er ej for en Dåre, end mindre da Løgn for den, som er ædel.

Leeser Tanakh

High-toned language is not seemly to a worthless fool: and yet much less the language of falsehood to a noble.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.

King James Version

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lời tốt lành không xứng với kẻ ngu; Môi miệng giả dối lại càng ít xứng cho vua chúa thay.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ʻikai ngali mo e vale ʻae lea lelei: pea ʻoku taʻengali ʻaupito mo ha ʻeiki ʻae loungutu ʻoku loi.

French Ostervald Bible

La parole grave ne convient point à un insensé; combien moins la parole fausse aux principaux du peuple.

Esperanto Bible

Al malsaĝulo ne konvenas alta parolado, Kaj ankoraŭ malpli al nobelo mensogado.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas à un insensé; Combien moins à un noble les paroles mensongères!

German Luther Bible 1912

Es steht einem Narren nicht wohl an, von hohen Dingen reden, viel weniger einem Fürsten, daß er gern lügt.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

British English Septuagint 2012

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

Majority Standard BIble

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Webster Bible

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Revised Version

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Un parlar solenne non s’addice all’uomo da nulla; quanto meno s’addicono ad un principe labbra bugiarde!

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas à un insensé, bien moins encore des lèvres menteuses à un prince.

Reina Valera 1909

No conviene al necio la altilocuencia: ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

Spanish BLL

No se ve bien que un necio hable con elegancia, y mucho menos que un gobernante diga mentiras.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No conviene al necio la palabra elocuente; ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

Croatian Bible

Ne dolikuje budali uzvišena besjeda, a još manje odličniku usne lažljive.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ne priliči bezumnom visoka beseda, a kamoli knezu lažljiva beseda.

German Textbibel

Einem Thoren ziemt nicht würdevolle Rede, wie viel weniger einem Edlen lügnerische Lippe.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; Nor lying lips a just man.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

World English Bible

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible British Edition

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible Classic

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible Updated

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World Messianic Bible

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Young's Literal Translation

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

SEPTUAGINTA

οὐχ ἁρμόσει ἄφρονι χείλη πιστά, οὐδὲ δικαίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ.

Brenton Septuagint

Οὐχ ἁρμόσει ἄφρονι χείλη πιστὰ, οὐδὲ δικαίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кувинтеле алесе ну се потривеск ын гура унуй небун; ку кыт май пуцин кувинтеле минчиноасе, ын гура унуй ом де вицэ алясэ!

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Дурному не личить поважная мова, тим меньше значньому уста неправдливі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Дурному не личить поважная мова, тим меньше значньому уста неправдливі.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Не приличи безумном висока беседа, а камоли кнезу лажљива беседа.

Russian Synodal Bible

Неприлична глупому важная речь, тем паче знатному - уста лживые.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

לא נאוה לנבל שפת יתר אף כי לנדיב שפת שקר׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لَا تَلِيقُ بِٱلْأَحْمَقِ شَفَةُ ٱلسُّودَدِ. كَمْ بِٱلْأَحْرَى شَفَةُ ٱلْكَذِبِ بِٱلشَّرِيفِ!

Old Persion Version Bible

کلام کبرآمیز احمق را نمی شاید، و چندمرتبه زیاده لبهای دروغگو نجبا را.

Judson Burmese Bible

မြတ် သောစကား သည် မိုက် သောသူနှင့် မ တော် မသင့်။ ထိုမျှမက ၊ မုသာ စကား သည် မင်း နှင့်မတော် မသင့်။

Korean Bible 1910

분외의 말을 하는 것도 미련한 자에게 합당치 아니하거든 하물며 거짓말을 하는 것이 존귀한 자에게 합당하겠느냐

Japanese Freedom Bible

立派な言葉は愚かな者にふさわしくない。 まして偽りの唇は君主にふさわしくない。

World Chinese Bible

高尚的话不适合愚昧人， 何况说谎的嘴唇更不适合首领。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

愚顽人说美言本不相宜， 何况君王说谎话呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

愚頑人說美言本不相宜， 何況君王說謊話呢？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Não é adequado ao tolo falar com elegância; muito menos para o príncipe falar mentiras.

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Mashi Bible

lderha lirhakwânana musirhe, nalwo lulimi lunywesi, lurhahimwa kushuha omuluzi

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Zum Narren paßt keine anmaßende Rede, so wenig als zu einem Fürsten Lügenreden.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Las palabras justas no deben buscarse en un hombre necio, y mucho menos son labios falsos en un gobernante.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

No conviene al necio el lenguaje excelente, ¡Cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

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

Eloquent speech becometh not a naval (fool), much less do lying sfatayim (lips) a ruler.

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