Proverbs 8:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”
Proverbs 8:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 8:7 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 8:7 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 8:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”
Proverbs 8:7 — World English Bible
Proverbs 8:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.”
Proverbs 8:7 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 8:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.”
Proverbs 8:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 8:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. ”
Proverbs 8:7 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 8:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.”
Proverbs 8:7 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 8:7 in Context — Proverbs 8
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
What Does Proverbs 8:7 Mean?
Proverbs 8:7 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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