Proverbs 17:7

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Bible in Basic English ☆

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

Darby Translation ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Eloquent words do not become a fool, nor lying lips a prince.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Hie talke becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying talke a prince.

Noyes Bible ☆

Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!

Leeser Tanakh ☆

High-toned language is not seemly to a worthless fool: and yet much less the language of falsehood to a noble.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.

King James Version ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Webster Bible ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Revised Version ☆

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Faithful lips will not suit a fool; Nor lying lips a just man.

World English Bible ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

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

Eloquent speech becometh not a naval (fool), much less do lying sfatayim (lips) a ruler.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لَا تَلِيقُ بِٱلْأَحْمَقِ شَفَةُ ٱلسُّودَدِ. كَمْ بِٱلْأَحْرَى شَفَةُ ٱلْكَذِبِ بِٱلشَّرِيفِ!

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မြတ်သောစကားသည် မိုက်သောသူနှင့် မတော် မသင့်။ ထိုမျှမက၊ မုသာစကားသည် မင်းနှင့်မတော် မသင့်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မြတ် သောစကား သည် မိုက် သောသူနှင့် မ တော် မသင့်။ ထိုမျှမက ၊ မုသာ စကား သည် မင်း နှင့်မတော် မသင့်။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kahoih lok loe kamthu hoi amcuk ai baktih toengah, amsawnlok doeh ukkung angraeng hoi amcuk ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlangrhuel hmuilai he a ang ham a rhoeprhui moenih. A honghi kah hmuilai khaw hlangcong hamla koih loeng loeng van pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlangrhuel hmuilai he a ang ham a rhoeprhui moenih. A honghi kah hmuilai khaw hlangcong hamla koih loeng loeng van pawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

愚顽人说美言本不相宜， 何况君王说谎话呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

愚頑人說美言本不相宜， 何況君王說謊話呢？

World Chinese Bible ☆

高尚的话不适合愚昧人， 何况说谎的嘴唇更不适合首领。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ne dolikuje budali uzvišena besjeda, a još manje odličniku usne lažljive.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nesluší na blázna řeči znamenité, ovšem na kníže řeč lživá.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Ypperlig Tale er ej for en Dåre, end mindre da Løgn for den, som er ædel.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Een voortreffelijke lip past een dwaze niet, veelmin een prins een leugenachtige lip.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Als oprechte taal een dwaas niet staat, Past een edelman zeker geen leugentaal.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Al malsaĝulo ne konvenas alta parolado, Kaj ankoraŭ malpli al nobelo mensogado.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

La parole excellente ne convient point à un homme vil ; combien moins [sied] à un prince la lèvre menteuse.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

La parole grave ne convient point à un insensé; combien moins la parole fausse aux principaux du peuple.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas à un insensé; Combien moins à un noble les paroles mensongères!

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas à un insensé, bien moins encore des lèvres menteuses à un prince.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Vortreffliche Rede schickt sich nicht für einen gemeinen Menschen; wieviel weniger Lügenrede für einen Edlen!

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Es steht einem Narren nicht wohl an, von hohen Dingen reden, viel weniger einem Fürsten, daß er gern lügt.

German Textbibel ☆

Einem Thoren ziemt nicht würdevolle Rede, wie viel weniger einem Edlen lügnerische Lippe.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Zum Narren paßt keine anmaßende Rede, so wenig als zu einem Fürsten Lügenreden.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

οὐχ ἁρμόσει ἄφρονι χείλη πιστά, οὐδὲ δικαίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Οὐχ ἁρμόσει ἄφρονι χείλη πιστὰ, οὐδὲ δικαίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun sòt pa ka di anyen ki bon. Konsa tou, yon moun serye pa nan bay manti.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Aole i kupono i ka mea naaupo ka lehelehe pololei; Aole loa hoi i ke alii ka lehelehe wahahee.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לא נאוה לנבל שפת יתר אף כי לנדיב שפת שקר׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il parlar magnifico non è decevole all'uomo da nulla; Quanto meno al principe il labbro falso!

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Un parlar solenne non s’addice all’uomo da nulla; quanto meno s’addicono ad un principe labbra bugiarde!

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

立派な言葉は愚かな者にふさわしくない。 まして偽りの唇は君主にふさわしくない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

분외의 말을 하는 것도 미련한 자에게 합당치 아니하거든 하물며 거짓말을 하는 것이 존귀한 자에게 합당하겠느냐

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sufal mwet leum in fahk kas kikiap, oayapa kas wo tia tuku sin sie mwet lalfon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Non decent stultum verba composita, nec principem labium mentiens.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

کلام کبرآمیز احمق را نمی شاید، و چندمرتبه زیاده لبهای دروغگو نجبا را.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O falar excelente não convém ao tolo, muito menos os lábios mentirosos ao príncipe.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Não é adequado ao tolo falar com elegância; muito menos para o príncipe falar mentiras.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Prostului nu i se potrivește o vorbire aleasă; cu atât mai puțin buze mincinoase unui prinț.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кувинтеле алесе ну се потривеск ын гура унуй небун; ку кыт май пуцин кувинтеле минчиноасе, ын гура унуй ом де вицэ алясэ!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Неприлична глупому важная речь, тем паче знатному - уста лживые.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ne priliči bezumnom visoka beseda, a kamoli knezu lažljiva beseda.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Не приличи безумном висока беседа, а камоли кнезу лажљива беседа.

Mashi Bible ☆

lderha lirhakwânana musirhe, nalwo lulimi lunywesi, lurhahimwa kushuha omuluzi

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

No conviene al necio la altilocuencia: ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

Spanish BLL ☆

No se ve bien que un necio hable con elegancia, y mucho menos que un gobernante diga mentiras.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

No conviene al necio la palabra elocuente; ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Las palabras justas no deben buscarse en un hombre necio, y mucho menos son labios falsos en un gobernante.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

No conviene al necio el lenguaje excelente, ¡Cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻikai ngali mo e vale ʻae lea lelei: pea ʻoku taʻengali ʻaupito mo ha ʻeiki ʻae loungutu ʻoku loi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Дурному не личить поважная мова, тим меньше значньому уста неправдливі.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Дурному не личить поважная мова, тим меньше значньому уста неправдливі.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Lời tốt lành không xứng với kẻ ngu; Môi miệng giả dối lại càng ít xứng cho vua chúa thay.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לֹא־נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־שָֽׁקֶר׃