Proverbs 4:24
ContextNET © | Remove perverse speech 1 from your mouth; 2 keep devious talk far from your lips. 3 |
NIV © | Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. |
NASB © | Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. |
NLT © | Avoid all perverse talk; stay far from corrupt speech. |
MSG © | Don't talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. |
BBE © | Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you. |
NRSV © | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
NKJV © | Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. |
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NET © | Remove perverse speech 1 from your mouth; 2 keep devious talk far from your lips. 3 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “crookedness.” The noun עִקְּשׁוּת (’iqqÿshut) refers to what is morally twisted or perverted. Here it refers to things that are said (cf. NAB “dishonest talk”; NRSV “crooked speech”). The term “mouth” functions as a metonymy of cause for perverse speech. Such perverse talking could be subtle or blatant. 2 tn Heb “crookedness of mouth.” 3 tn Heb “deviousness of lips put far from you.” |