Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:7 in other translations
| BSB | Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler! |
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| WEB | Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. |
| ASV | Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince. |
| YLT | Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood. |
| DARBY | Excellent speech becometh not a vile man; how much less do lying lips a noble! |
| BBE | Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler. |
| Webster | Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
What does Proverbs 17:7 mean?
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Proverbs 17:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 17:7
- Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
- Psalms 50:16-17
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
- Psalms 101:3-5
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
- Proverbs 16:10-13
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work. It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
- Matthew 7:5
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- 2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
- Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Job 34:12
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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Context
- Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 17:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No conviene al necio la altilocuencia: ¡cuánto menos al príncipe el labio mentiroso! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La parole excellente ne convient point à un homme vil; combien moins sied à un prince la lèvre menteuse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Vortreffliche Rede schickt sich nicht für einen gemeinen Menschen; wieviel weniger Lügenrede für einen Edlen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non decent stultum verba composita, nec principem labium mentiens. |