Proverbs 6:2

In 11 translations

BSB

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

KJV

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

WEB

you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

ASV

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

LSV

Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, || Have been captured with sayings of your mouth,

YLT

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

DBY

thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

DRC

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

GNV

Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.

JPS

Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

LXXE

For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Παγὶς γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ ἀνδρὶ τὰ ἴδια χείλη, καὶ ἁλίσκεται χείλεσιν ἰδίου στόματος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

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