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Proverbs 8:7–8

for my wmouth will utter truth;

wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are righteous;

there is nothing xtwisted or crooked in them.

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Proverbs 8:7–8 — The New International Version (NIV)

My mouth speaks what is true,

for my lips detest wickedness.

All the words of my mouth are just;

none of them is crooked or perverse.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For my mouth shall speak truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;

There is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

for I speak the truth

and detest every kind of deception.

My advice is wholesome.

There is nothing devious or crooked in it.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For my mouth will speak truth;

Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;

Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — New Century Version (NCV)

What I say is true,

I refuse to speak evil.

Everything I say is honest;

nothing I say is crooked or false.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For my mouth shall utter truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;

There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

My mouth expresses the truth, 

and wickedness is disgusting to my lips. 

Everything I say is fair, 

and there is nothing twisted or crooked in it. 

Proverbs 8:7–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For my mouth tells the truth,

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are righteous;

none of them are deceptive or perverse.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

for my mouth will utter truth;

wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are righteous;

there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

My mouth will utter truth,

and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All sayings of my mouth are in righteousness;

none of them are twisted and crooked.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

My mouth speaks what is true.

My lips hate evil.

All the words of my mouth are honest.

None of them is twisted or sinful.

Proverbs 8:7–8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“For my mouth will utter truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;

There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.


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