Wisdom 1:11

ASV Byzantine Text

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, And refrain your tongue from backbiting; Because no secret utterance shall go on its way void, And a mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A poeyoek la kohuet khaw rhalrhing, na lai te khaw lokhak taeng lamloh kuemsuem lah.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Custodite ergo vos a murmuratione quæ nihil prodest, et a detractione parcite linguæ: quoniam sermo obscurus in vacuum non ibit, os autem quod mentitur occidit animam.]

Brenton English Septuagint

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wacht u dus wel voor nutteloos morren, En behoedt uw tong voor de laster; Want zelfs heimelijk spreken blijft niet ongestraft, En een mond, die lastert, brengt dood aan de ziel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nothing: and the mouth that belies slays the soul.

British English Septuagint 2012

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nothing: and the mouth that belies slays the soul.

Revised Version

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, And refrain your tongue from backbiting; Because no secret utterance shall go on its way void, And a mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Gardez-vous donc de murmurer inutilement, et préserve ta langue de la médisance ; parce qu'aucune déclaration secrète ne peut rester sans suite, et une bouche menteuse détruit une âme.

Spanish BLL

Tengan cuidado con las quejas que no sirven de nada, y cuiden su lengua de andar inventando chismes; porque ninguna palabra dicha en secreto se va a quedar al aire sin efecto, y la boca mentirosa destruye el alma.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Guardaos, pues, de la murmuración inútil, y preservad vuestra lengua de la calumnia; porque ninguna palabra secreta seguirá su curso en vano, y la boca mentirosa destruye el alma.

Croatian Bible

Čuvajte se isprazna gunđanja i čuvajte jezik od opakih riječi, jer i najtajnija riječ nije bez učinka, a lažljiva usta ubijaju dušu.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; And refrain your tongue from backbiting: For there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: And the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

World English Bible (Catholic)

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul.

World English Bible Classic

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul.

World English Bible Updated

Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul.

SEPTUAGINTA

φυλάξασθε τοίνυν γογγυσμὸν ἀνωφελῆ καὶ ἀπὸ καταλαλιᾶς φείσασθε γλώσσης· ὅτι φθέγμα λαθραῖον κενὸν οὐ πορεύσεται, στόμα δὲ καταψευδόμενον ἀναιρεῖ ψυχήν.

Brenton Septuagint

Φυλάξασθε τοίνυν γογγυσμὸν ἀνωφελῆ, καὶ ἀπὸ καταλαλιᾶς φείσασθε γλώσσης· ὅτι φθέγμα λαθραῖον κενὸν οὐ πορεύσεται, στόμα δὲ καταψευδόμενον ἀναιρεῖ ψυχήν.

Mashi Bible

Mumanyâge okucîduduma kwa busha busha, Mulange akanwa kinyu oku iderha libî; akanwa kafuma omuntu karhagenda cîru, akanwa kanywesi lufù kalêrhera omuntu,

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