Verse List for PROV 22:11

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The person who values pure motives, who speaks graciously, ⇔ → will have the king for a friend.

OET-LV one _who_loves pure _of[fn] heart who_are_grace _of lips _of_his his/its_neighbour a _king.

ULT One who loves a pure heart, ⇔ his lips, are gracious, the king, is his friend.

UST People who love being sincere and ⇔  speaking graciously are companions of kings.

BSB & MSB He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips ⇔  [will have] the king for a friend.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully ⇔  is the king’s friend.

NET The one who loves a pure heart ⇔ and whose speech is gracious – the king will be his friend.

LSV Whoever is loving cleanness of heart,
His lips [are] grace,
A king [is] his friend.

FBV Anyone who loves sincerity[fn] and a gracious way of speaking will have the king as their friend.

T4T ⇔  If you always act sincerely [IDM] and always speak kindly, ⇔  the king will be your friend.

LEB • He who loves purity of heart
• and has gracious speech ,[fn] his friend is the king.

BBE He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Moff The Eternal loves a pure heart ⇔  kings love courtly speech.

JPS He that loveth pureness of heart, that hath grace in his lips, the king shall be his friend.

ASV He that loveth pureness of heart, ⇔ For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

DRA He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.

YLT Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.

Drby He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.

RV He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
(He that loveth/loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.)

SLT He loving pureness of heart the grace of his lips, the king is his friend.

Wbstr He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

KJB-1769 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.[fn]
(He that loveth/loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.)

KJB-1611 [fn]He that loueth purenesse of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.
(Whoso/Whoever loveth/loves cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.)

Gnva Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.
(Whoso/Whoever delighteth/delights to be of a clean heart and of gracious lips, ye/you_all king shall be his friend.)

Wycl He that loueth the clennesse of herte, schal haue the kyng a freend, for the grace of hise lippis.
(He that loveth/loves the clenness of heart, shall have the king a friend, for the grace of his lips.)

Luth Wer ein treu Herz und liebliche Rede hat, des Freund ist der König.
(Who a faithful heart and lovely/delightful speech has, the friend is the/of_the king.)

ClVg Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.
(Who he_loves of_the_heart cleanliness, because grace of_the_lips of_his_own will_have friend the_king.)

UHB אֹהֵ֥ב טהור־לֵ֑ב [fn] חֵ֥ן שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י⁠ו רֵעֵ֥⁠הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος ὁσίας καρδίας, δεκτοὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες ἄμωμοι· χείλεσι ποιμαίνει βασιλεύς.

BrTr The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips.