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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

كَلِمَاتُ فَمِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ نِعْمَةٌ، وَشَفَتَا ٱلْجَاهِلِ تَبْتَلِعَانِهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

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 2019 ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

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

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。

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。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

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.

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις, καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν.

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.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְתֹ֥ות כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

דברי פי חכם חן ושפתות כסיל תבלענו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

지혜자의 입의 말은 은혜로우나 우매자의 입술은 자기를 삼키나니

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Verba oris sapientis gratia, et labia insipientis præcipitabunt eum;

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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Revised West Version ☆

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

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:

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

דִּבְרֵ֥י פִי־חָכָ֖ם חֵ֑ן וְשִׂפְת֥וֹת כְּסִ֖יל תְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃