Parallel Verses
- The Message - The speech of a good person is worth waiting for; the blabber of the wicked is worthless.
- 新标点和合本 - 义人的舌乃似高银； 恶人的心所值无几。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 义人的舌如上选的银子； 恶人的心所值无几。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 义人的舌如上选的银子； 恶人的心所值无几。
- 当代译本 - 义人之舌似纯银， 恶人之心无价值。
- 圣经新译本 - 义人的舌头好像纯银， 恶人的心思毫无价值。
- 中文标准译本 - 义人的舌头，像精选的银子； 恶人的心思，所值无几。
- 现代标点和合本 - 义人的舌乃似高银， 恶人的心所值无几。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 义人的舌乃似高银； 恶人的心所值无几。
- New International Version - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
- New International Reader's Version - The tongues of those who do right are like fine silver. But the hearts of those who do wrong aren’t worth very much.
- English Standard Version - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- New Living Translation - The words of the godly are like sterling silver; the heart of a fool is worthless.
- Christian Standard Bible - The tongue of the righteous is pure silver; the heart of the wicked is of little value.
- New American Standard Bible - The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.
- New King James Version - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.
- Amplified Bible - The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued); The heart of the wicked is worth little.
- American Standard Version - The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
- King James Version - The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- New English Translation - What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
- World English Bible - The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- 新標點和合本 - 義人的舌乃似高銀； 惡人的心所值無幾。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 義人的舌如上選的銀子； 惡人的心所值無幾。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 義人的舌如上選的銀子； 惡人的心所值無幾。
- 當代譯本 - 義人之舌似純銀， 惡人之心無價值。
- 聖經新譯本 - 義人的舌頭好像純銀， 惡人的心思毫無價值。
- 呂振中譯本 - 義人的舌頭 如同 紋銀； 惡人的心所值無幾。
- 中文標準譯本 - 義人的舌頭，像精選的銀子； 惡人的心思，所值無幾。
- 現代標點和合本 - 義人的舌乃似高銀， 惡人的心所值無幾。
- 文理和合譯本 - 義者之舌、有如佳銀、惡者之心、所值無幾、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 義人之言如金煆煉、惡者之心有若渣滓。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 善人之言、 言原文作舌 有如佳銀、惡人之心、所值無幾、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Plata refinada es la lengua del justo; el corazón del malvado no vale nada.
- 현대인의 성경 - 의로운 사람의 혀는 순은과 같으나 악인의 생각은 별로 가치가 없다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Язык праведника – отборное серебро, но грош цена разуму нечестивых.
- Восточный перевод - Язык праведника – отборное серебро, но грош цена разуму нечестивых.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Язык праведника – отборное серебро, но грош цена разуму нечестивых.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Язык праведника – отборное серебро, но грош цена разуму нечестивых.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - La langue du juste est un argent de choix ; ce que pensent les méchants n’a pas grande valeur.
- リビングバイブル - 正しい人の言うことは聞く値打があります。 愚か者の言うことは聞くだけむだです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - A língua dos justos é prata escolhida, mas o coração dos ímpios quase não tem valor.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wer Gott gehorcht, spricht Worte so wertvoll wie reines Silber; die Gedanken des Gottlosen dagegen sind ohne Wert.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lưỡi người công chính như bạc quý; Tâm kẻ tiểu nhân rẻ hơn bèo.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ลิ้นของคนชอบธรรมคือเงินเนื้อดี ส่วนจิตใจของคนชั่วก็ไม่ค่อยมีค่า
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ลิ้นของผู้มีความชอบธรรมเป็นเสมือนแร่เงินอันบริสุทธิ์ ใจของคนชั่วร้ายมีค่าเพียงน้อยนิด
Cross Reference
- Matthew 12:34 - “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
- Proverbs 25:11 - The right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewelry, And a wise friend’s timely reprimand is like a gold ring slipped on your finger.
- Proverbs 15:4 - Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and maim.
- Proverbs 16:13 - Good leaders cultivate honest speech; they love advisors who tell them the truth.
- Jeremiah 17:9 - “The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” * * *
- Proverbs 12:18 - Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.
- Genesis 6:5 - God saw that human evil was out of control. People thought evil, imagined evil—evil, evil, evil from morning to night. God was sorry that he had made the human race in the first place; it broke his heart. God said, “I’ll get rid of my ruined creation, make a clean sweep: people, animals, snakes and bugs, birds—the works. I’m sorry I made them.”