Psalm 34:12–13
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34:12Do you want to really live?20
Would you love to live a long, happy life?21
34:13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words22
or use deceptive speech!23
Footnotes
- 20 Heb “Who is the man who desires life?” The rhetorical question is used to grab the audience’s attention. “Life” probably refers here to quality of life, not just physical existence or even duration of life. See the following line.
- 21 Heb “[Who] loves days to see good?”
- 22 Heb “guard your tongue from evil.”
- 23 Heb “and your lips from speaking deception.”
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In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Who is someone who desires life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Who is the man who desires life,
who loves many days in order to see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
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