Verse List for PROV 12:19

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Lips that produce reliable words will always be trusted, ⇔ ^ but a tongue that spurts out lies will be believed only for a moment.

OET-LV A _lip _of reliability it _will _be _established forever_ever and_unto I _will _give _rest a _tongue _of falsehood.

ULT A lip of truth will be established to perpetuity, ⇔ but a tongue of falsehood as long as I would blink.

UST What people say truthfully will last forever, ⇔  but what people say falsely will only last for a moment.

BSB & MSB Truthful lips endure forever, ⇔  but a lying tongue [lasts] only a moment.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Truth’s lips will be established forever, ⇔  but a lying tongue is only momentary.

NET The one who tells the truth will endure forever, ⇔ but the one who lies will last only for a moment.

LSV The lip of truth is established forever,
And a tongue of falsehood for a moment.

FBV Words of truth last forever, but lies are gone in a moment.

T4T ⇔  When people tell [MTY] lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true [IDM]; ⇔  but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever.

LEB • A lip of truth endures forever,
• but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.

BBE True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.

Moff Truth told endures: ⇔  a lie lasts only for a little while.

JPS The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

ASV The lip of truth shall be established for ever; ⇔ But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

DRA The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

YLT The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment — a tongue of falsehood.

Drby The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

RV The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
(The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.)

SLT The lip of truth shall be prepared forever: and the tongue of falsehood while I shall wink.

Wbstr The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

KJB-1769 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
(The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.)

KJB-1611 The lippe of trueth shall bee established for euer: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.
(The lip of truth shall be stable forever: but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.)

Gnva The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.
(The lip of truth shall be stable forever: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.)

Cvdl A true mouth is euer constat, but a dyssemblinge toge is soone chaunged.
(A true mouth is ever constat, but a dyssemblinge tongue is soon changed.)

Wycl The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.
(The lip of truth shall be steadfast without end; but he that is a sudeyn witness, maketh/makes ready the tongue of falsehood.)

Luth Wahrhaftiger Mund bestehet ewiglich; aber die falsche Zunge bestehet nicht lange.
(Wahrhaftiger mouth exists forever; but the false tongue exists not long.)

ClVg Labium veritatis firmum erit in perpetuum; qui autem testis est repentinus, concinnat linguam mendacii.[fn]
(Labium to_the_truths firmum will_be in/into/on forever; who/which however testis it_is repentinus, concinnat tongue/language lies.)

UHB שְֽׂפַת־אֱ֭מֶת תִּכּ֣וֹן לָ⁠עַ֑ד וְ⁠עַד־אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃ ‡

BrLXX Χείλη ἀληθινὰ κατορθοῖ μαρτυρίαν, μάρτυς δὲ ταχὺς γλῶσσαν ἔχει ἄδικον.

BrTr True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.