Verse List for PROV 18:7

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OET (OET-RV) The fool’s mouth will bring ruin, ⇔ ≈ and the lips of fools are a trap for their minds.

OET-LV the_mouth _of a _fool is_ruin to_him/it and_lips _of_his are_(the)_snare _of his _life _of_his.

ULT The mouth of a stupid one, is ruin for him, ⇔ and his lips, are a snare of his life.

UST What foolish people say will ruin them. ⇔  Indeed, what they say may cause them to die, as a trap may cause an animal to die.

BSB & MSB A fool ’s mouth is his ruin ⇔  and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A fool’s mouth is his destruction, ⇔  and his lips are a snare to his soul.

NET The mouth of a fool is his ruin, ⇔ and his lips are a snare for his life.

LSV The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him,
And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

FBV Stupid people are caught out by what they say; their own words trap them.

T4T ⇔  What foolish people [MTY] say causes them to be ruined; ⇔  their own words are like a trap [MET] that catches/seizes them.

LEB • The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
• and his lips are a snare to his soul.[fn]

BBE The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

Moff A fool’s tongue is the ruin of him, ⇔  his talk is a snare to himself.

JPS A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

ASV A fool’s mouth is his destruction, ⇔ And his lips are the snare of his soul.

DRA The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

YLT The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

Drby A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

RV A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

SLT The mouth of the foolish is destruction to him, and his lips the snare of his soul.

Wbstr A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

KJB-1769 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

KJB-1611 A fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
(A fools mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.)

Gnva A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
(A fools mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.)

Cvdl A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
(A fools mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are ye/you_all snare for his own soul.)

Wycl The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
(The mouth of a fool is defouling of him; and his lips been the falling of his soul.)

Luth Der Mund des Narren schadet ihm selbst, und seine Lippen fahen seine eigene SeeLE.
(The mouth the fool(n) schadet him himself/itself, and his lips drive his own soul.)

ClVg Os stulti contritio ejus, et labia ipsius ruina animæ ejus.
(Os fools breaking/grief his/her, and lips of_his/her_own ruin(n) soul his/her.)

UHB פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑⁠וֹ וּ֝⁠שְׂפָתָ֗י⁠ו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Στόμα ἄφρονος συντριβὴ αὐτῷ, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτοῦ παγὶς τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ.

BrTr A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.