Psalm 34:13
Modern Translations
New International Version
keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies.

New Living Translation
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies!

English Standard Version
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Berean Study Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

New American Standard Bible
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

NASB 1995
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

NASB 1977
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.

Amplified Bible
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit.

Christian Standard Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

Contemporary English Version
Then don't say cruel things and don't tell lies.

Good News Translation
Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Keep your tongue from saying evil things and your lips from speaking deceitful things.

International Standard Version
Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.

NET Bible
Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

New King James Version
Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.

King James 2000 Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

New Heart English Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

World English Bible
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

American King James Version
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile.

American Standard Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

A Faithful Version
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.

Darby Bible Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

English Revised Version
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Webster's Bible Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Keep your tongue from evil, "" And your lips from speaking deceit.

Young's Literal Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

Smith's Literal Translation
Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceit.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Prohibit your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips will not speak deceit.

Lamsa Bible
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
















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