Proverbs 17:7
“Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Proverbs 17:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Vortreffliche Rede schickt sich nicht für einen gemeinen Menschen; wieviel weniger Lügenrede für einen Edlen!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
No conviene al necio la altilocuencia: ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso!
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Não é adequado ao tolo falar com elegância; muito menos para o príncipe falar mentiras.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O discurso eloquente não é apropriado ao tolo; muito menos os lábios mentirosos à realeza.
📖 Proverbs 17:7 in Context
5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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