PRO 4:24 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Περίελε σεαυτοῦ σκολιὸν στόμα, καὶ ἄδικα χείλη μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἄπωσαι.
(Periele seautou skolion stoma, kai adika ⱪeilaʸ makran apo sou apōsai. )

ULT Remove from you perversity of mouth,
⇔ and the deviousness of lips put far away from you.

UST Do not say anything that deceives people.
⇔ Indeed, never say anything that misleads people.

BSB Put away deception from your mouth;
⇔ keep your lips from perverse speech.

OEB Put away all crooked speech,
⇔ and banish all devious talk.

WEBBE Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
⇔ Put corrupt lips far from you.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(23-27)Keep vigilant watch over your heart;
  that’s where life starts.
Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth;
  avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip.
Keep your eyes straight ahead;
  ignore all sideshow distractions.
Watch your step,
  and the road will stretch out smooth before you.
Look neither right nor left;
  leave evil in the dust.

NET Remove perverse speech from your mouth;
⇔ keep devious talk far from your lips.

LSV Turn aside a contrary mouth from you,
And put perverse lips far from you,

FBV Don't ever lie, and don't say anything dishonest.

T4T Do not say anything that deceives others
⇔ and never say what is not true.

LEB • [fn] and abolish[fn] from yourself.

4:? Literally “crookedness of mouth”

4:? Literally “deviousness of lips”

BBE Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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JPS Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

ASV Put away from thee a wayward mouth,
⇔ And perverse lips put far from thee.

DRA Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

YLT Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Drby Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

RV Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Wbstr Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

KJB-1769 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.[fn]
(Put away from thee/you a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee/you. )

4.24 a froward…: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips

KJB-1611 [fn]Put away from thee a froward mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from thee.
(Put away from thee/you a froward mouth, and peruerse lips put far from thee/you.)

4:24 Heb. frowardnesse of mouth and peruersnes of lips.

Bshps Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.
(Put away from thee/you a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be far from thee/you.)

Gnva Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
(Put away from thee/you a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes far from thee/you. )

Cvdl Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.
(Put away from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be far from them.)

Wycl Remoue thou a schrewid mouth fro thee; and backbitynge lippis be fer fro thee.
(Remoue thou/you a schrewid mouth from thee/you; and backbitynge lippis be far from thee/you.)

Luth Tu von dir den verkehrten Mund und laß das Lästermaul ferne von dir sein.
(Tu from you/to_you the verkehrten Mund and let the Lästermaul ferne from you/to_you sein.)

ClVg Remove a te os pravum, et detrahentia labia sint procul a te.[fn]
(Remove from you(sg) os pravum, and detrahentia labia sint procul from you(sg). )

4.24 Remove a te. Duobus modis sciendum est, ut os tuum ne pravum loquatur aliquid: tua labia ne detractionibus assuescant custodias; et alios quoque, quos huic vitio subditos nosti, ne te corrumpant, fugias.

4.24 Remove from you(sg). Duobus modis sciendum it_is, as os your not pravum loquatur aliquid: your labia not detractionibus assuescant custodias; and alios quoque, which huic vitio subditos nosti, not you(sg) corrumpant, fugias.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּ⁠לְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

put_away from,you deceitful mouth and,devious talk put_~_far from,you

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Remove from you perversity of mouth, yes, the deviousness of lips put far away from you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּ⁠לְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

put_away from,you deceitful mouth and,devious talk put_~_far from,you

The phrases perversity of mouth and deviousness of lips both refer to someone using his mouth or lips to speak deceitfully. If these phrases do not have that meaning in your language, you could use idioms from your language that do have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Remove from you perverse speech, and devious speech put far away from you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּ⁠לְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

put_away from,you deceitful mouth and,devious talk put_~_far from,you

In this verse, Solomon speaks of perversity of mouth and the deviousness of lips as if they were objects that someone could Remove or put far away. He means that a person should not speak deceitfully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not speak perversely and do not speak deviously”

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