Proverbs 25:11
Modern Translations
New International Version
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.

New Living Translation
Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.

English Standard Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

Berean Study Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

New American Standard Bible
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, Is a word spoken at the proper time.

NASB 1995
Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

NASB 1977
Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Amplified Bible
Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken at the right time.

Christian Standard Bible
A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples in silver settings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray.

Contemporary English Version
The right word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver.

Good News Translation
An idea well-expressed is like a design of gold, set in silver.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] golden apples in silver settings, [so] is a word spoken at the right time.

International Standard Version
Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

NET Bible
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

New King James Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.

King James 2000 Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

New Heart English Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

World English Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

American King James Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

American Standard Version
A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver.

A Faithful Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Darby Bible Translation
[As] apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.

English Revised Version
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver.

Webster's Bible Translation
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(25:10) A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, "" [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.

Young's Literal Translation
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, Is the word spoken at its fit times.

Smith's Literal Translation
Apples of gold in images of silver is the word spoken upon its wheels.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whoever speaks a word at an opportune time is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He that speaks the word is an apple of gold in a vessel of beaten silver.

Lamsa Bible
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so is it to speak a wise word.
















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