6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.


In Context

3 Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:

4 O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.

5 O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.

6 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

7 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.

Proverbs 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.