Parallel Verses
Amplified
“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
There is nothing
King James Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Holman Bible
none of them are deceptive or perverse.
International Standard Version
Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech.
A Conservative Version
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
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.
Darby Translation
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them.
Julia Smith Translation
In justice are all the sayings of my mouth; nothing in them crooked and perverse.
King James 2000
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All sayings of my mouth [are] in righteousness; none of them are twisted and crooked.
Modern King James verseion
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing twisted or perverse is in them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All the words of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardness nor falsity therein.
NET Bible
All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.
New Heart English Bible
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
The Emphasized Bible
In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;
Webster
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
World English Bible
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
Youngs Literal Translation
In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
Themes
Frowardness » What has nothing froward in it
Knowledge » Those that find knowledge
Perversion » What has nothing perverse in it
The fruit of righteousness » What is righteous
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 8:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom Calls
7
“For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.
“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.
“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:5
“They (Israel) have acted corruptly toward Him.
They are not His children, because of their [moral] defect;
But are a perverse and crooked generation.
Psalm 12:6
The words and promises of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
Proverbs 8:13
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Isaiah 45:23
“I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,
The word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear [allegiance].
Isaiah 63:1
With crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom],
This One (the Messiah) who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His might?
“It is I, [the One] who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save.”
John 7:46
The guards replied, “Never [at any time] has a man talked the way this Man talks!”