Verse List for PROV 13:3

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OET (OET-RV) The person who zips their lips, protects their life, ⇔ ^ but those who open their mouths, destroy themselves.

OET-LV one _who_guards mouth _of_his is_protecting life _of_his one _who_opens lips _of_his ruin to_him/it.

ULT One guarding his mouth keeps his life; ⇔ one opening his lips, ruin for him.

UST People who are careful about what they say enable themselves to stay alive, ⇔  but people who speak carelessly destroy themselves.

BSB & MSB He who guards his mouth protects his life, ⇔  [but] the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB He who guards his mouth guards his soul. ⇔  One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

NET The one who guards his words guards his life, ⇔ but whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

LSV Whoever is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul,
Whoever is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!

FBV Watch what you say and save your life—saying too much leads to disaster.

T4T ⇔  Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life; ⇔  those who talk ◄without thinking/too much► will ruin themselves.

LEB • He who keeps his mouth guards his life;[fn]
• he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.

BBE He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

Moff He guards his life who guards His lips: ⇔  he who talks freely--it is ruin to him!

JPS He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; but for him that openeth wide his lips there shall be ruin.

ASV He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; ⇔ But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

DRA He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

YLT Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!

Drby He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

RV He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
(He that guardeth/guards his mouth keepeth/keeps his life: but he that openeth/opens wide his lips shall have destruction.)

SLT He guarding his mouth, watched his soul: he opening wide his lips, destruction to him.

Wbstr He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

KJB-1769 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth keepeth/keeps his life: but he that openeth/opens wide his lips shall have destruction.)

KJB-1611 He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but hee that openeth wide his lips, shall haue destruction.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth, keepeth/keeps his life: but whoso/whoever rashlye openeth/opens his lips, destroyeth himself.)

Gnva Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth, keepeth/keeps his life: but he that openeth/opens his lips, destruction shall be to him.)

Cvdl He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life: but who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth, keepeth/keeps his life: but whoso/whoever speaketh/speaks unaduysed, findeth/finds harm.)

Wycl He that kepith his mouth, kepith his soule; but he that is vnwar to speke, schal feel yuels.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth, keepeth/keeps his soul; but he that is unwar to speak, shall feel evils.)

Luth Wer seinen Mund bewahret, der bewahret sein Leben; wer aber mit seinem Maul herausfährt, der kommt in Schrecken.
(Who his mouth preserved/kept/retained, the/of_the preserved/kept/retained be life; who but with his mouth exits(v), the/of_the comes in horror.)

ClVg Qui custodit os suum custodit animam suam; qui autem inconsideratus est ad loquendum, sentiet mala.
(Who keeps/guards mouth his_own keeps/guards the_soul his_own; who/which however inconsideratus it_is to loquendum, sentiet evil.)

UHB נֹצֵ֣ר פִּ֭י⁠ו שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑⁠וֹ פֹּשֵׂ֥ק שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י⁠ו מְחִתָּה־לֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ ἑαυτοῦ στόμα τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν, ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσι πτοήσει ἑαυτόν.

BrTr He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.