Proverbs 13:3
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13:3The one who guards his words9 guards his life,
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- 9 Heb “mouth” (so , ). The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech.
- 10 The term “but” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
- 11 Heb “opens wide his lips.” This is an idiom meaning “to be talkative” ( 832 פָּשַׂק Qal). Cf. “speaks rashly”; “a careless talker”; “talk too much.”
- 12 Tight control over what one says prevents trouble (e.g., Prov 10:10; 17:28; Jas 3:1–12; Sir 28:25). Amenemope advises to “sleep a night before speaking” (5:15; 422, n. 10). The old Arab proverb is appropriate: “Take heed that your tongue does not cut your throat” (O. Zockler, Proverbs, 134).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
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The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Those who control their tongue will have a long life;
opening your mouth can ruin everything.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He who keeps his mouth guards his life;
he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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