Proverbs 8:6
ContextNET © | Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 1 and my lips will utter 2 what is right. |
NIV © | Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. |
NASB © | "Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things. |
NLT © | Listen to me! For I have excellent things to tell you. Everything I say is right, |
MSG © | Don't miss a word of this--I'm telling you how to live well, I'm telling you how to live at your best. |
BBE © | Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. |
NRSV © | Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right; |
NKJV © | Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things; |
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NET © | Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 1 and my lips will utter 2 what is right. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “noble” or “princely.” Wisdom begins the first motivation by claiming to speak noble things, that is, excellent things. 2 tn Heb “opening of my lips” (so KJV, NASB). The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause, with the organ of speech put for what is said. |