Proverbs 17:4

American Standard Version (1901)

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

ASV Byzantine Text

An evildoer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kahoih ai hmuen sah kami loe lok amlai kami mah thuih ih lok to tang; amsawnlok thui kami doeh loksae to tahngaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Thae aka huet loh boethae hmuilai kah a honghi te a hnatung tih, talnah ol te hna a kaeng thil.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Thae aka huet loh boethae hmuilai kah a honghi te a hnatung tih, talnah ol te hna a kaeng thil.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ka mea hewa la hoolohe oia i na lehelehe wahahee; O ka mea wahahee hoi, haliu kona pepeiao i ke elelo ino.

English Berean Standard Bible

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Mechan yo toujou prèt pou koute moun k'ap di move pawòl. Zòrèy mantò yo toujou louvri pou koute moun k'ap bay manti.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Malus obedit linguæ iniquæ, et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus.

Bible in Basic English

A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Celui qui fait le mal est attentif à la lèvre d’iniquité ; le menteur prête l’oreille à la langue pernicieuse.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Zlý člověk pozoruje řečí nepravých, a lhář poslouchá jazyka převráceného.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet koluk uh lohang nu ke nunak koluk, ac mwet kikiap lungse lohng kas kikiap.

World Portuguese Bible

O malfeitor dá ouvidos a lábios iníquos. O mentiroso presta atenção à língua maldosa.

Romanian BTF Bible

Un făptuitor al stricăciunii dă atenție buzelor înșelătoare, și un mincinos deschide urechea la o limbă rea.

Brenton English Septuagint

A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မတရားသဖြင့်ပြုသော သူသည် မုသာစကားကို ယုံတတ်၏။ မုသာသုံးသော သူသည်လည်း ဆိုးညစ်သော စကားကို နားထောင်တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ein Übeltäter horcht auf die Lippe des Unheils, ein Lügner gibt Gehör der Zunge des Verderbens.

Dutch Bible 1917

De boosdoener merkt op de ongerechtige lip; een leugenaar neigt het oor tot de verkeerde tong.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

De boosdoener luistert naar zondige taal, De valsaard heeft oor voor heilloze woorden.

Italian Diodati Bible

L'uomo maligno presta gli orecchi alle labbra inique; E l'ingannatore ascolta la lingua maliziosa.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The evil man obeyeth an unjust tongue: and the deceitful hearkeneth to lying lips.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

Noyes Bible

An evil-doer listeneth to mischievous lips; And a liar giveth ear to a destructive tongue.

Danish Bible 1931

Den onde hører på onde Læber, Løgneren lytter til giftige Tunger.

Leeser Tanakh

An evil-doer listeneth to unjust lips: falsehood giveth ear to a tongue that bringeth destruction.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

King James Version

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

King James Version + Apocrypha

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Kẻ làm ác chăm chỉ về môi gian ác; Kẻ hay nói dối lắng tai nghe lưỡi độc hiểm.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; And a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku tokanga ʻae tangata fai kovi ki he loungutu ʻoku loi; pea ʻoku tokanga ʻe ia ʻoku loi ki he ʻelelo ʻoku kovi.

French Ostervald Bible

Le méchant est attentif à la lèvre injuste, et le menteur écoute la langue qui calomnie.

Esperanto Bible

Malbonfaranto obeas malbonajn buŝojn; Malveremulo atentas malpian langon.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Le méchant est attentif à la lèvre inique, Le menteur prête l’oreille à la langue pernicieuse.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein Böser achtet auf böse Mäuler, und ein Falscher gehorcht den schädlichen Zungen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

British English Septuagint 2012

A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

Majority Standard BIble

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

Webster Bible

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Revised Version

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il malvagio dà ascolto alle labbra inique, e il bugiardo dà retta alla cattiva lingua.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le malfaiteur est attentif aux lèvres iniques, et le menteur prête l'oreille à la langue pernicieuse.

Reina Valera 1909

El malo está atento al labio inicuo; y el mentiroso escucha á la lengua detractora.

Spanish BLL

El malvado presta atención a los labios perversos; el mentiroso escucha a la lengua maliciosa.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El malo atiende al labio inicuo, y el mentiroso presta oído a la lengua detractora.

Croatian Bible

Zločinac rado sluša usne prijevarne, i lažac spremno prisluškuje pogubnu jeziku.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Zao čovek pazi na usne zle, a lažljivac sluša jezik pakostan.

German Textbibel

Der Bösewicht achtet auf die heillose Lippe; die Falschheit hört auf die verderbliche Zunge.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: But a righteous man attends not to false lips.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר מֵ֝זִין עַל־לְשׁ֥וֹן הַוֺּֽת׃

World English Bible

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World English Bible (Catholic)

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World English Bible British Edition

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World English Bible Classic

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World English Bible Updated

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World Messianic Bible

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Young's Literal Translation

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

SEPTUAGINTA

κακὸς ὑπακούει γλώσσης παρανόμων, δίκαιος δὲ οὐ προσέχει χείλεσι ψευδέσιν.

Brenton Septuagint

Κακὸς ὑπακούει γλώσσης παρανόμων, δίκαιος δὲ οὐ προσέχει χείλεσι ψευδέσιν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Чел рэу аскултэ ку луаре аминте ла буза нелеӂюитэ ши минчиносул плякэ урекя ла лимба нимичитоаре.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

На злющу мову лиш падлюка вважає; лукавий слухає зрадливого навчання.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

На злющу мову лиш падлюка вважає; лукавий слухає зрадливого навчання.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Зао човек пази на усне зле, а лажљивац слуша језик пакостан.

Russian Synodal Bible

Злодей внимает устам беззаконным, лжец слушается языка пагубного.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר מֵ֝זִין עַל־לְשֹׁ֥ון הַוֹּֽת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מרע מקשיב על שפת און שקר מזין על לשון הות׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

ٱلْفَاعِلُ ٱلشَّرَّ يَصْغَى إِلَى شَفَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ، وَٱلْكَاذِبُ يَأْذَنُ لِلِسَانِ فَسَادٍ.

Old Persion Version Bible

شریر به لبهای دروغگو اصغا می‌کند، و مردکاذب به زبان فتنه انگیز گوش می‌دهد.

Judson Burmese Bible

မ တရားသဖြင့်ပြုသောသူသည် မုသာ စကား ကို ယုံ တတ်၏။ မုသာ သုံးသောသူသည် လည်း ဆိုးညစ် သော စကား ကို နားထောင် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

악을 행하는 자는 궤사한 입술을 잘 듣고 거짓말을 하는 자는 악한 혀에 귀를 기울이느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

悪を行う者は悪しき唇に耳を傾け、 偽りを語る者は害をもたらす舌に耳を貸す。

World Chinese Bible

作恶的人留心邪恶的嘴唇； 说谎的人侧耳听恶毒的舌头。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

行恶的，留心听奸诈之言； 说谎的，侧耳听邪恶之语。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

行惡的，留心聽奸詐之言； 說謊的，側耳聽邪惡之語。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

O malfeitor presta atenção ao lábio injusto; o mentiroso inclina os ouvidos à língua maligna.

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Mashi Bible

Omumînya akanwa kabî ko ayumvîrhiza, n’omurhebanyi kanwa kanywesi ayumvîrhiza.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Ein Boshafter horcht auf falsche Mäuler, ein Lügner leiht verderblichen Zungen sein Ohr.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Un malhechor presta atención a los labios malvados, y un hombre de engaño escucha una lengua dañina.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

El malhechor hace caso al labio inicuo, Y el mentiroso escucha la boca detractora.

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

An evildoer giveth heed to false sfatayim (lips), and a sheker (liar) giveth ear to a spiteful lashon.

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