Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My heart shall order my words aright, and my lips shall talk of pure wisdom.

New American Standard Bible

“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

King James Version

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Holman Bible

My words come from my upright heart,
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

International Standard Version

I speak from the innocence of my heart; and my lips will utter what I sincerely know.

A Conservative Version

My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart, and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

American Standard Version

My words'shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

Amplified


“My words will express the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.

Bible in Basic English

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

Darby Translation

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely.

Julia Smith Translation

My sayings the uprightness of my heart, and my lips spake knowledge purely.

King James 2000

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My words [declare] my heart's uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak {what my lips know}.

Modern King James verseion

my words shall be from my upright heart, and my lips will clearly speak knowledge.

NET Bible

My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

New Heart English Bible

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

The Emphasized Bible

Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

Webster

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

World English Bible

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

Youngs Literal Translation

Of the uprightness of my heart are my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My words
אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

shall be of the uprightness
ישׁר 
Yosher 
Usage: 14

and my lips
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

מלל 
Malal 
Usage: 5

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

Verse Info

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

2 Behold, I will open my mouth, and my tongue shall speak out of my jaws. 3 My heart shall order my words aright, and my lips shall talk of pure wisdom. 4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the almighty hath given me my life.

Cross References

Job 27:4

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

Job 6:28

Wherefore look not only upon me, but upon yourselves: whether I lie, or no.

Job 15:2

"Should a wise man's answer be as the science of the wind, and fill his belly with the wind of the east?

Job 36:3-4

I will open unto thee yet more of mine understanding, and prove my maker righteous.

Job 38:2

"What is he that hideth his mind with foolish words?

Psalm 37:30-31

The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Proverbs 8:7-8

For my throat shall be talking of the truth, and my lips abhor ungodliness.

Proverbs 15:2

A wise tongue commendeth knowledge; a foolish mouth babbleth out nothing but foolishness.

Proverbs 15:7

A wise mouth poureth out knowledge; but the heart of the foolish doth not so.

Proverbs 20:15

A mouth of understanding is more worth than gold, many precious stones, and costly Jewels.

1 Thessalonians 2:3-4

Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile:

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