Proverbs 17:20

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

Darby Translation ☆

He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

Noyes Bible ☆

He that is of a deceitful heart shall find no good; And he that turneth about with his tongue shall fall into mischief.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

He that hath a froward heart will not find happiness; and he that hath a perverse tongue will fall into evil.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.

King James Version ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

Majority Standard BIble ☆

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

Webster Bible ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Revised Version ☆

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

World English Bible ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World English Bible Classic ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World English Bible Updated ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World Messianic Bible ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

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

He that hath a crooked mind findeth no tov, and he that hath a deceitful lashon falleth into ra'ah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

ٱلْمُلْتَوِي ٱلْقَلْبِ لَا يَجِدُ خَيْرًا، وَٱلْمُتَقَلِّبُ ٱللِّسَانِ يَقَعُ فِي ٱلسُّوءِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သဘောကောက်သောသူသည် ကောင်းသော အကျိုးကို မတွေ့တတ်။ စကားလိမ်သောသူသည် ဘေး ဥပဒ်နှင့် တွေ့ကြုံတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သဘော ကောက် သောသူ သည်ကောင်း သော အကျိုးကို မ တွေ့ တတ်။ စကား လိမ် သောသူသည် ဘေး ဥပဒ် နှင့် တွေ့ကြုံ တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Poektoeng ai kami loe khosak hoihaih tawn ai; amsawnlok thui palai loe raihaih tongh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Lungbuei aka voeldak loh hnothen hmu pawt tih, a ol neh hlang aka maelh khaw yoethae ah cungku.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Lungbuei aka voeldak loh hnothen hmu pawt tih, a ol neh hlang aka maelh khaw yoethae ah cungku.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

心存邪僻的，寻不着好处； 舌弄是非的，陷在祸患中。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

心存邪僻的，尋不着好處； 舌弄是非的，陷在禍患中。

World Chinese Bible ☆

心里乖僻的，得不着福祉； 舌头诡诈的，陷入祸患。

Croatian Bible ☆

Opak srcem ne nalazi sreće, i komu je jezik zao, zapada u nesreću.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Převrácené srdce nenalézá toho, což jest dobrého; a kdož má vrtký jazyk, upadá v těžkost.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Ej finder man Lykke, når Hjertet er vrangt, man falder i Våde, når Tungen er falsk.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Wie verdraaid is van hart, zal het goede niet vinden; en die verkeerd is met zijn tong, zal in het kwaad vallen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een vals karakter zal geen zegen ondervinden; Wie zijn woorden verdraait, zal in het ongeluk storten.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Malica koro ne trovos bonon; Kaj kiu havas neĝustan langon, tiu enfalos en malfeliĉon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Celui qui est pervers de cœur ne trouve pas le bien ; et celui qui use de détours avec sa langue tombe dans le mal.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le cœur pervers ne trouvera point le bonheur, et la langue double tombera dans le malheur.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Un cœur faux ne trouve pas le bonheur, Et celui dont la langue est perverse tombe dans le malheur.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Celui qui a le cœur pervers ne trouve pas la prospérité, et celui qui a une langue trompeuse tombe dans le malheur.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wer verkehrten Herzens ist, wird das Gute nicht finden; und wer sich mit seiner Zunge windet, wird ins Unglück fallen.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein verkehrtes Herz findet nichts Gutes; und der verkehrter Zunge ist, wird in Unglück fallen.

German Textbibel ☆

Wer verkehrtes Herzens ist, findet kein Glück, und wer sich mit seiner Zunge windet, fällt in Unglück.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wer verschrobenen Herzens ist, findet nichts Gutes, und wer eine arglistige Zunge hat, fällt in Unglück.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὁ δὲ σκληροκάρδιος οὐ συναντᾷ ἀγαθοῖς. ἀνὴρ εὐμετάβολος γλώσσῃ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά,

Brenton Septuagint ☆

ὁ δὲ σκληροκάρδιος οὐ συναντᾷ ἀγαθοῖς· ἀνὴρ εὐμετάβολος γλώσσῃ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακὰ,

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun ki pa gen bon lide nan tèt li p'ap janm gen kè kontan. Moun ki gen move lang ap toujou nan traka.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea naau kekee, aole i loaa ia ia ka maikai; O ka mea elelo hoopunipuni, e haule oia i ka ino.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־טֹ֑וב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשֹׁונֹ֗ו יִפֹּ֥ול בְּרָעָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

עקש לב לא ימצא טוב ונהפך בלשונו יפול ברעה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

L' uomo perverso di cuore non troverà il bene; E l' uomo stravolto nel suo parlare caderà nel male.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Chi ha il cuor falso non trova bene, e chi ha la lingua perversa cade nella sciagura.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

心のよこしまな者は幸いを見いだせず、 欺きの舌を持つ者は苦難に陥る。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

마음이 사특한 자는 복을 얻지 못하고 혀가 패역한 자는 재앙에 빠지느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Elos su nunak koluk ac kaskas koluk, ac fah wangin ma wo nu selos, a ongoiya mukena.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Qui perversi cordis est non inveniet bonum, et qui vertit linguam incidet in malum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

کسی‌که دل کج دارد نیکویی را نخواهدیافت. و هر‌که زبان دروغگو دارد در بلا گرفتارخواهد شد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Aquele que tem o coração perverso não encontra a prosperidade, e aquele que tem a língua enganosa cai no mal.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O perverso de coração nunca encontrará o bem; e quem distorce as palavras de sua língua cairá no mal.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cel ce are o inimă perversă nu găsește niciun bine, și cel ce are o limbă perversă cade în ticăloșie.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чел ку инимэ префэкутэ ну гэсеште феричиря ши чел ку лимба стрикатэ каде ын ненорочире.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Коварное сердце не найдет добра, и лукавый язык попадет в беду.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko je opakog srca, neće naći dobra; i ko dvoliči jezikom, pašće u zlo.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко је опаког срца, неће наћи добра; и ко дволичи језиком, пашће у зло.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ow’omurhima mubî arhabêrwa, n’ow’akalimi kuhanyagala ahanyagala.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El perverso de corazón nunca hallará bien: y el que revuelve con su lengua, caerá en mal.

Spanish BLL ☆

El que tiene el corazón retorcido nunca prospera; el que tiene la lengua mentirosa cae en la desgracia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El perverso de corazón nunca hallará el bien, y el que revuelve su lengua caerá en el mal.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Nada bueno le sucede a aquel cuyo corazón está fijado en propósitos malvados; y el que tiene lengua maligna tendrá problemas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El corazón engañoso no halla el bien, Y el de boca perversa cae en el mal.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo ha lelei siʻi ʻe ia ʻoku loto talangataʻa: pea ʻoku tō hifo ki he kovi ʻaia ʻoku maʻu ʻae ʻelelo kovi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Підступне серце не знайде добра, й язик лукавий впадає в біду.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Підступне серце не знайде добра, й язик лукавий впадає в біду.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ nào có lòng vày vò không tìm được phước hạnh; Và ai có lưỡi gian tà sẽ sa vào tai hại.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ יִפּ֥וֹל בְּרָעָֽה׃