Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.
New American Standard Bible
But he lays up
King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Holman Bible
and harbors deceit within.
A Conservative Version
He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him.
American Standard Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
Amplified
He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.
Bible in Basic English
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
Darby Translation
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
Julia Smith Translation
He hating will be known by his lips, and he will set deceit in his midst;
King James 2000
He that hates disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself;
Lexham Expanded Bible
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.
Modern King James verseion
He who hates pretends with his lips and stores up deceit within him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief;
NET Bible
The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
New Heart English Bible
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
The Emphasized Bible
With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
Webster
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
World English Bible
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
Interlinear
Nakar
Saphah
Mirmah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
23 A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are. 24 Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself. 25 Though he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is at home in the heart of those who plan evil, but those who promote peace rejoice.
Psalm 41:6
The one who comes to visit me speaks lies; in his heart he thinks slanderous things about me and goes around spreading them.
Proverbs 10:18
Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 11:1
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
Proverbs 12:5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
Proverbs 12:17
The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.