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Proverbs 26:23

23  tLike the uglaze2 covering an earthen vessel

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

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Proverbs 26:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

Proverbs 26:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart

Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 Smooth words may hide a wicked heart,

just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.

Proverbs 26:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart

Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 Kind words from a wicked mind

are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.

Proverbs 26:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart

Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 ⸤Like⸥ a clay pot covered with cheap silver, 

⸤so⸥ is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart. 

Proverbs 26:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 Smooth lips with an evil heart

are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

Proverbs 26:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel

are smooth lips with an evil heart.

Proverbs 26:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 Like impure silver which overlays an earthen vessel,

so are smooth lips and an evil heart.

Proverbs 26:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 Warm words that come from an evil heart

are like shiny paint on a clay pot.

Proverbs 26:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross

Are burning lips and a wicked heart.


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