Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Proverbs 6:2 in other translations
| BSB | if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, |
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| WEB | you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth. |
| ASV | Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| YLT | Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, |
| DARBY | thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| BBE | You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you. |
| Webster | Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
What does Proverbs 6:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:1-2
Pr 6:1-35. After admonitions against suretyship and sloth (compare Pr 6:6-8), the character and fate of the wicked generally are set forth, and the writer (Pr 6:20-35) resumes the warnings against incontinence, pointing out its certain and terrible results. This train of thought seems to intimate the kindred of these vices. 1-2. if--The condition extends through both verses. be surety--art pledged. stricken…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:1-5
If we live as directed by the word of God, we shall find it profitable even in this present world. We are stewards of our worldly substance, and have to answer to the Lord for our disposal of it; to waste it in rash schemes, or such plans as may entangle us in difficulties and temptations, is wrong. A man ought never to be surety for more than he is able and willing to pay, and can afford to pay, without wronging…
Proverbs 6:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:2
- Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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Context
- Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Proverbs 6:3
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Proverbs 6:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | tu es enlacé dans les paroles de ta bouche, tu es pris dans les paroles de ta bouche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | bist du verstrickt durch die Worte deines Mundes, gefangen durch die Worte deines Mundes: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | illaqueatus es verbis oris tui, et captus propriis sermonibus. |