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Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor,

but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

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Proverbs 11:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,

but through knowledge the righteous escape.

Proverbs 11:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour:

But through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

With their words, the godless destroy their friends,

but knowledge will rescue the righteous.

Proverbs 11:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,

But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

With words an evil person can destroy a neighbor,

but a good person will escape by being resourceful.

Proverbs 11:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor;

But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

With his talk a godless person can ruin his neighbor, 

but righteous people are rescued by knowledge. 

Proverbs 11:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,

but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Proverbs 11:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors,

but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor,

but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

Proverbs 11:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

With their words ungodly people destroy their neighbors.

But those who do what is right escape because of their knowledge.

Proverbs 11:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,

But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.


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