Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.
Proverbs 13:2 - The Scriptures 2009 From the fruit of the mouth a man eats the good, But the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. American Standard Version (1901) A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence. Common English Bible People eat well from the fruit of their words, but the treacherous have an appetite only for violence. Catholic Public Domain Version From the fruit of his own month, a man shall be satisfied with good things. But the soul of betrayers is iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked. |
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.
For a cup is in the hand of יהוה, And the wine shall foam; It is filled with a mixture, And He pours it out. All the wrong of the earth drink, Draining it to the dregs.
But they lie in wait for their own blood, They ambush their own lives.
“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.
The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.
From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.
A man’s stomach is satisfied From the fruit of his mouth; He is satisfied with the increase of his lips.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
For they have eaten the bread of wrongdoing, And they drink the wine of violence.
You have ploughed wrongness, you have reaped unrighteousness, you have eaten the fruit of lying, because you trusted in your own way, in your many mighty men.
“For the violence done to Leḇanon is to overwhelm you – and the ravaging of beasts by which you made them afraid – because of men’s blood and the violence to the land, to the city and of all who dwell in it.
“Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you, because of men’s blood, and doing violence to the land, to the city, and to all who dwell in it.
“Because they have shed the blood of set-apart ones and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For they deserve it.”