Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Micah 7:5 - New Revised Standard Version Put no trust in a friend, have no confidence in a loved one; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Trust not in a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. [Luke 12:51-53.] American Standard Version (1901) Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. Common English Bible Don’t rely on a friend; put no trust in a companion; guard the doors of your mouth from she who lies in your embrace. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to believe a friend. And do not be willing to confide in a commander. From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom. |
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.
They bend their tongues like bows; they have grown strong in the land for falsehood, and not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord.
Beware of your neighbors, and put no trust in any of your kin; for all your kin are supplanters, and every neighbor goes around like a slanderer.
She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has no one to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.
“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and because she nagged him, on the seventh day he told her. Then she explained the riddle to her people.