Proverbs 16:21

American Standard Version (1901)

The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

ASV Byzantine Text

The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Asang Khongca Bible

Poekhaih palungha kami loe khopoek thaih kami ah oh; kahoih lokthui thaih pahni loe minawk han palunghahaih lok to patuk thaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Lungbuei aka cueih te aka yakming la a khue uh tih, hmuilai dongkah olding loh rhingtuknah a thap.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Lungbuei aka cueih te aka yakming la a khue uh tih, hmuilai dongkah olding loh rhingtuknah a thap.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea naau akamai, e kapaia he naauao; Ma ka oluolu o na lehelehe e mahuahua ai ka ike.

English Berean Standard Bible

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Lè yon moun gen bon konprann, yo di li gen lespri. Lè ou pale byen sa fè ou gen plis konesans.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Qui sapiens est corde appellabitur prudens, et qui dulcis eloquio majora percipiet.

Bible in Basic English

The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

L’homme sage de cœur sera appelé intelligent, et la douceur des lèvres accroît la science.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ten, kdož jest moudrého srdce, slove rozumný, a sladkost rtů přidává naučení.

Kosraean Bible

Sie mwet lalmwetmet akilenyuk ke etauk lal. Fin wo kas in luti lal, mwet uh ac insewowo in lutlut sel.

World Portuguese Bible

O sábio de coração será chamado prudente. A doçura dos lábios promove a instrução.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cel înțelept în inimă se va numi chibzuit; și dulceața buzelor adaugă învățătură.

Brenton English Septuagint

Men call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

Burmese Common Language Bible

လိမ္မာသော စိတ်သဘောရှိသောသူသည် ပညာ သတိရှိသည်ဟု ကျောက်စောရာသို့ရောက်တတ်၏။ ချိုသောစကားကို ပြောတတ်သော နှုတ်သတ္တိသည်လည်း ပညာအတတ်ကိုတိုးပွါးစေတတ်၏။

Darby Translation

The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wer weisen Herzens ist, wird verständig genannt; und Süßigkeit der Lippen mehrt die Lehre.

Dutch Bible 1917

De wijze van hart zal verstandig genoemd worden; en de zoetheid der lippen zal de lering vermeerderen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Een wijze geest wordt verstandig genoemd, Maar met goede woorden bereikt men nog meer.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il savio di cuore sarà chiamato intendente; E la dolcezza delle labbra aggiugnerà dottrina.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.

Noyes Bible

The wise in heart shall be called intelligent, And sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Danish Bible 1931

Den vise kaldes forstandig, Læbernes Sødme øger Viden.

Leeser Tanakh

The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth information.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The wise in heart is called a man of discernment; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

King James Version

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ai có lòng khôn ngoan được gọi là thông sáng; Lời dịu dàng gia thêm sự tri thức.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Revised West Version

‌ʻE ui ʻakinautolu ʻoku loto poto ko e fakamākukanga; pea ʻoku tupu ʻae poto mei he loungutu ʻoku melie.

French Ostervald Bible

On appellera intelligent celui qui a un cœur sage; et la douceur des paroles augmente la science.

Esperanto Bible

Kiu havas prudentan koron, tiu estas nomata saĝulo; Kaj agrablaj paroloj plivalorigas la instruon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Celui qui est sage de cœur est appelé intelligent, Et la douceur des lèvres augmente le savoir.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein Verständiger wird gerühmt für einen weisen Mann, und liebliche Reden lehren wohl.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Men call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

British English Septuagint 2012

Men call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

Majority Standard BIble

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.

Webster Bible

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Revised Version

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il savio di cuore è chiamato intelligente, e la dolcezza delle labbra aumenta il sapere.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Celui qui est sage de cœur sera appelé prudent. La douceur des lèvres favorise l'instruction.

Reina Valera 1909

El sabio de corazón es llamado entendido: y la dulzura de labios aumentará la doctrina.

Spanish BLL

El sabio de corazón es llamado prudente, y la dulzura de labios aumenta el saber.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El sabio de corazón es llamado prudente, y la dulzura de labios aumenta el saber.

Croatian Bible

Mudar srcem naziva se razumnim i prijazne usne uvećavaju znanje.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Ko je mudrog srca, zove se razuman, a slast na usnama umnožava nauku.

German Textbibel

Wer weises Herzens ist, wird ein Verständiger genannt, und die Süßigkeit der Lippen mehrt die Belehrung.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Men call the wise and understanding evil: But they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

לַחֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקָּרֵ֣א נָב֑וֹן וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף לֶֽקַח׃

World English Bible

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World English Bible British Edition

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World English Bible Classic

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World English Bible Updated

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World Messianic Bible

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

Young's Literal Translation

To the wise in heart is called, 'Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

SEPTUAGINTA

τοὺς σοφοὺς καὶ συνετοὺς φαύλους καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ γλυκεῖς ἐν λόγῳ πλείονα ἀκούσονται.

Brenton Septuagint

Τοὺς σοφοὺς καὶ συνετοὺς φαύλους καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ γλυκεῖς ἐν λόγῳ πλείονα ἀκούσονται.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Чине аре о инимэ ынцеляптэ есте нумит причепут, дар дулчаца бузелор мэреште штиинца.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Розсудливим назвуть того, в кого мудре серце, та красномовність додасть ваги ученостї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Розсудливим назвуть того, в кого мудре серце, та красномовність додасть ваги ученостї.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Ко је мудрог срца, зове се разуман, а сласт на уснама умножава науку.

Russian Synodal Bible

Мудрый сердцем прозовется благоразумным, и сладкая речь прибавит к учению.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

לַחֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקָּרֵ֣א נָבֹ֑ון וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף לֶֽקַח׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

לחכם לב יקרא נבון ומתק שפתים יסיף לקח׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ يُدْعَى فَهِيمًا، وَحَلَاوَةُ ٱلشَّفَتَيْنِ تَزِيدُ عِلْمًا.

Old Persion Version Bible

هر‌که دل حکیم دارد فهیم خوانده می‌شود، و شیرینی لبها علم را می‌افزاید.

Judson Burmese Bible

လိမ္မာ သောစိတ် သဘောရှိသောသူသည် ပညာ သတိရှိသည်ဟု ကျော်စော ရာသို့ရောက်တတ်၏။ ချို သောစကားကို ပြောတတ်သော နှုတ် သတ္တိသည်လည်း ပညာ အတတ်ကိုတိုးပွါး စေတတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

마음이 지혜로운 자가 명철하다 일컬음을 받고 입이 선한 자가 남의 학식을 더하게 하느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

心に知恵のある者は慎重な者と呼ばれ、 快い語り口は学びを増す。

World Chinese Bible

心中有智慧的，必称为明辨； 嘴唇的甘美增进教导。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

心中有智慧，必称为通达人； 嘴中的甜言，加增人的学问。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

心中有智慧，必稱為通達人； 嘴中的甜言，加增人的學問。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

O sábio de coração será chamado de prudente; e a doçura dos lábios aumentará a instrução.

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Mashi Bible

Ow’omurhima mwîrhonzi ye baderha murhimanya, n’omutûdu omu binwa ye derha ebyayumvûbwa.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Wer weisen Herzens ist, wird verständig genannt; und Süßigkeit der Lippen verstärkt die Belehrung.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Los sabios de corazón serán llamados hombres de buen sentido; y con palabras amables, el aprendizaje aumenta.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

El sabio de corazón será llamado entendido, Y la dulzura de labios aumenta el saber.

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

The chacham lev shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) adds to learning.

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