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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

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

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

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 2019 ☆

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

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.

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。

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。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Malbonfaranto obeas malbonajn buŝojn; Malveremulo atentas malpian langon.

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.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

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

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

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

Brenton Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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.

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׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

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

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Malus obedit linguæ iniquæ, et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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

CC BY 4.0

Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Злодей внимает устам беззаконным, лжец слушается языка пагубного.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

CC BY 4.0

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.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

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

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

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

CC BY 4.0

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.

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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