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Proverbs 8:8

My wordis ben iust; no schrewid thing, nether weiward is in tho.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - Frowardness;   Knowledge;   Perversion;   Righteousness;   Understanding;   Wisdom;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Proverbs, Book of;   Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Wisdom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the words from my mouth are righteous;none of them are deceptive or perverse.
Hebrew Names Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
King James Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
English Standard Version
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
New Century Version
Everything I say is honest; nothing I say is crooked or false.
New English Translation
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.
Amplified Bible
"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness (upright, in right standing with God); There is nothing contrary to truth or perverted (crooked) in them.
New American Standard Bible
"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.
World English Bible
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the wordes of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor frowardnesse in them.
Legacy Standard Bible
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Berean Standard Bible
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
Contemporary English Version
Every word I speak is honest, not one is misleading or deceptive.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the words from my mouth are righteous; nothing false or crooked is in them.
Darby Translation
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everything I say is right; there is nothing false or crooked about it.
George Lamsa Translation
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing perverse or deceptive in them.
Good News Translation
Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading.
Lexham English Bible
All sayings of my mouth are in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked.
Literal Translation
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing crooked or perverse is in them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All the wordes of my mouth are rightuous, there is no frowardnesse ner falsede therin.
American Standard Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Bible in Basic English
All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
King James Version (1611)
All the words of my mouth are in righteousnes, there is nothing froward or peruerse in them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
English Revised Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Update Bible Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
New King James Version
All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
New Living Translation
My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it.
New Life Bible
All the words of my mouth are right and good. There is nothing in them that is against the truth.
New Revised Standard
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;
Douay-Rheims Bible
All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.
Revised Standard Version
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
Young's Literal Translation
In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

Contextual Overview

1 Whether wisdom crieth not ofte; and prudence yyueth his vois? 2 In souereyneste and hiy coppis, aboue the weie, in the myddis of pathis, 3 and it stondith bisidis the yate of the citee, in thilke closyngis, and spekith, and seith, A! 4 ye men, Y crie ofte to you; and my vois is to the sones of men. 5 Litle children, vndirstonde ye wisdom; and ye vnwise men, `perseyue wisdom. 6 Here ye, for Y schal speke of grete thingis; and my lippis schulen be openyd, to preche riytful thingis. 7 My throte schal bithenke treuthe; and my lippis schulen curse a wickid man. 8 My wordis ben iust; no schrewid thing, nether weiward is in tho. 9 `My wordis ben riytful to hem that vndurstonden; and ben euene to hem that fynden kunnyng. 10 Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All: Psalms 12:6, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 63:1

there: Proverbs 8:13, John 7:46

froward: Heb. wreathed

Reciprocal: Job 33:3 - the Job 36:4 - my Proverbs 4:24 - a Isaiah 8:16 - among Revelation 14:5 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
Sotheli whanne othere seuene daies weren abedun aftirward, eft he leet out a culuer fro the schip;
Genesis 8:11
and sche cam to hym at euentid, and bare in hir mouth a braunche of olyue tre with greene leeuys. Therfor Noe vndirstood that the watris hadden ceessid on erthe;
Genesis 8:12
and neuerthelesse he abood seuene othere daies, and sente out a culuer, which turnede `no more ayen to hym.
Song of Solomon 1:15
Lo! my frendesse, thou art fair; lo! thou art fair, thin iyen ben the iyen of culueris.
Song of Solomon 2:14
My culuer is in the hoolis of stoon, in the chyne of a wal with out morter. Schewe thi face to me, thi vois sowne in myn eeris; for thi vois is swete, and thi face is fair.
Matthew 10:16
Lo! Y sende you as scheep in the myddil of wolues; therfor be ye sliy as serpentis, and symple as dowues.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness,.... Or "with righteousness" x; are connected with it, are agreeable to it; are righteous ones, consistent with righteousness, with the righteous nature, will, and law of God: or "are concerning righteousness" y the necessity of righteousness in order to eternal life; the insufficiency of man's own righteousness to entitle to it; the need, worth, and excellency of the righteousness of Christ for that purpose; and of the propriety and usefulness of a life of righteousness and holiness, which the grace of God instructs men in;

[there is] nothing froward or perverse in them; that is contrary to right reason, or to the law of God, or to the Scriptures of truth, or to the analogy of faith; nor is there any contradiction in the doctrines of the Gospel one to another, but an entire harmony and uniformity in them; they are not "yea" and "nay".

x בצדק "cum justitia", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis;

μετα δικαιοσυνης, Sept. y "Gloriatio de justitia sua, vel invitatio ad accipiendam justitiam per fidem", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Words of the ideal Wisdom, which find their highest fulfillment in that of the Incarnate Word. Compare Luke 4:22; Matthew 11:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:8. All the words - are in righteousness — בצדק betsedek, in justice and equity, testifying what man owes to his God, to his neighbour, and to himself; giving to each his due. This is the true import of צדק tsadak.

There is nothing froward — נפתל niphtal, tortuous, involved, or difficult.

Or perverse — עקש ikkesh, distorted, leading to obstinacy. On the contrary,


 
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