12 The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,

and the end of his talk is evil madness.

14 A fool multiplies words,

though no man knows what is to be,

and who can tell him what will be after him?

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

12 Wise words bring approval,

but fools are destroyed by their own words.

13 Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,

so their conclusions will be wicked madness;

14 they chatter on and on.

No one really knows what is going to happen;

no one can predict the future.

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,

But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

13 The words of his mouth begin with foolishness,

And the end of his talk is raving madness.

14 A fool also multiplies words.

No man knows what is to be;

Who can tell him what will be after him?

12 The words of the wise bring them praise,

but the words of a fool will destroy them.

13 A fool begins by saying foolish things

and ends by saying crazy and wicked things.

14 A fool talks too much.

No one knows the future,

and no one can tell what will happen after death.

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 And the fool multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?

12 A wise person’s words win favors, but a fool’s lips are self-destructive. 13 A fool starts out by talking foolishness and ends up saying crazy things that are dangerous. 14 He never stops talking. No one knows what the future will bring, or what will happen after ⸤death⸥. Who can say!

12 The words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious,

but the lips of a fool consume him.

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly,

but the end of his speaking is evil madness.

14 Yet the fool multiplies words.

No one knows what will happen,

and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?

12 Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,

but the lips of fools consume them.

13 The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,

and their talk ends in wicked madness;

14 yet fools talk on and on.

No one knows what is to happen,

and who can tell anyone what the future holds?

12 The wise man wins favor by the words of his mouth,

but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

13 He begins by saying what is foolish

and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.

14 The fool talks too much,

for no one knows what will be.

Who can tell anyone what will happen in the future?

12 A man who is wise says gracious things.

But a foolish person is destroyed by what his own lips speak.

13 At first what he says is foolish.

In the end his words are very evil.

14 He talks too much.

No one knows what lies ahead for him.

Who can tell him what will happen after he is gone?

12 Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

13 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?