| Proverbs 17:7 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Refined speech is not fitting for a godless fool. How much less does lying fit a noble person!(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| ASV: | Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince. |
| BBE: | Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler. |
| DBY: | Excellent speech becometh not a vile man; how much less do lying lips a noble! |
| ERV: | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| JPS: | Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince. |
| WBS: | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| WEB: | Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
| YLT: | Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. |
| Proverbs 17:7 Cross References |
| XREF: | Psalm 31:18 Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 17:7 Excellent speech - Discourse of high and excellent things. |
| MHC: | 17:4. Flatterers, especially false teachers, are welcome to those that live in sin. 5. Those that laugh at poverty, treat God's providence and precepts with contempt. 6. It is an honour to children to have wise and godly parents continued to them, even after they are grown up and settled in the world. 7. A fool, in Solomon's Proverbs, signifies a wicked man, whom excellent speech does not become, because his conversation contradicts it. |
| CONC: | Arrogant Becometh Becoming Churl Comely Excellency Excellent Fair Falsehood Fine Fit Fitting Fool Foolish Isn't Less Lip Lips Lying Noble Overbearing Prince Ruler Speech Unsuited Vile Worse |
| PREV: | Arrogant Churl Excellency Excellent Fair False. Falsehood Fine Fit Fitting Fool Foolish Less Lip Noble Overbearing Prince Ruler Speech Vile Words Worse |
| NEXT: | Arrogant Churl Excellency Excellent Fair False. Falsehood Fine Fit Fitting Fool Foolish Less Lip Noble Overbearing Prince Ruler Speech Vile Words Worse |
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