Proverbs 13:3

23 translations in 9 languages

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📖 Featured Translation Change version:

“He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

ASV · English

📚 Other Translations

23 available

📖 English

ASV

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

BBE

He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.

DARBY

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.

DRB

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

JPS

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But for him that openeth wide his lips there shall be ruin.

KJV

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

LXX Brenton

He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

WEB

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

YLT

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

📖 French

CRAMPON

Celui qui veille sur sa bouche garde son âme; celui qui ouvre trop ses lèvres court à sa perte.

DARBY_FR

Qui surveille sa bouche garde son âme; la ruine est pour celui qui ouvre ses lèvres toutes grandes.

LS1910

Celui qui veille sur sa bouche garde son âme; Celui qui ouvre de grandes lèvres court à sa perte.

📖 German

LUT1545

Wer seinen Mund bewahret, der bewahret sein Leben; wer aber mit seinem Maul herausfährt, der kommt in Schrecken.

LUT1912

Wer seinen Mund bewahrt, der bewahrt sein Leben; wer aber mit seinem Maul herausfährt, der kommt in Schrecken.

📖 Greek

Codex Alexandrinus

ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ ἑαυτοῦ στόμα τηρεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν ὁ δὲ προπετὴς χείλεσιν πτοήσει ἑαυτόν

📖 Hebrew

Leningrad Codex

נֹצֵר פִּיו שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו מְחִתָּה־לוֹ׃ ‬

📖 Italian

Diodati1885

Chi guarda la sua bocca preserva l’anima sua; Ma ruina avverrà a chi apre disordinatamente le sue labbra

📖 Polish

Gdansk

Kto strzeże ust swych, strzeże duszy swojej; kto lekkomyślnie otwiera wargi swe, będzie starty.

📖 Portuguese

ALM1628

O que guarda a sua boca conserva a sua alma, mas o que abre muito os seus lábios se destrói.

ALM1753

O que guarda a sua boca preserva a sua vida; mas o que muito abre os seus lábios traz sobre si a ruína.

📖 Spanish

BO1569

El que guarda su boca guarda su alma; mas el que mucho abre sus labios tendrá calamidad.

RV1909

El que guarda su boca guarda su alma: Mas el que mucho abre sus labios tendrá calamidad.

RVA

El que guarda su boca guarda su alma: Mas el que mucho abre sus labios tendrá calamidad.

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Complete Bible (Old & New Testament)

🇪🇸 Reina-Valera 1909 (RV1909)

Classic Spanish Protestant translation from the Reina-Valera tradition.

🇪🇸 Biblia del Oso 1569 (RV1569)

The first complete Spanish Bible translated by Casiodoro de Reina.

🇪🇸 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)

Historic Spanish revision based on early Reina-Valera texts.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1628 (ALM1628)

Early Portuguese Bible translation by João Ferreira de Almeida.

🇵🇹 Almeida 1753 (ALM1753)

Historic revision of the Portuguese Almeida Bible.

🇮🇹 Diodati 1885 (DIOD1885)

Classic Italian Protestant Bible translation.

🇬🇧 World English Bible (WEB)

Modern public domain English translation based on the American Standard Version.

🇬🇧 King James Version (KJV)

Historic English Bible translation first published in 1611.

🇫🇷 Louis Segond 1910 (LS1910)

Classic French Protestant translation widely used in French-speaking churches.

🇩🇪 Luther Bible 1912 (LUT1912)

German Bible based on Martin Luther’s historic translation.

🇵🇱 Biblia Jakuba Wujka 1599 (WUJ1599)

Historic Polish Catholic Bible translated by Jakub Wujek.

🇵🇱 Biblia Warszawska 1881 (BW1881)

Classic Polish Protestant Bible translation.

Old Testament Sources

🇮🇱 Leningrad Codex (Hebrew)

The oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible used for modern critical editions.

🇬🇧 Jewish Publication Society (JPS)

English translation of the Hebrew Scriptures by Jewish scholars.

🇬🇷 Codex Alexandrinus (Greek)

Ancient Greek manuscript containing major portions of the Septuagint.

🇬🇧 Brenton Septuagint (LXX Brenton)

English translation of the Greek Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Brenton.

🇮🇱 Samaritan Pentateuch (Hebrew)

Ancient Hebrew version of the Torah preserved by the Samaritan community.

🇬🇧 Samaritan Pentateuch (English)

English translation of the Samaritan Torah.

🇸🇾 Targum Onkelos (Aramaic)

Ancient Aramaic translation of the Torah traditionally attributed to Onkelos.

🇬🇧 Targum Onkelos (English)

English translation of the Aramaic Targum Onkelos.