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


In Context

3 beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:

4 "To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.

5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.

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

7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

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.