Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.
New American Standard Bible
Much less are
King James Version
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Holman Bible
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
International Standard Version
Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!
A Conservative Version
Excellent speech is not appropriate to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.
American Standard Version
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
Amplified
Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.
Bible in Basic English
Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
Darby Translation
Excellent speech becometh not a vile man; how much less do lying lips a noble!
Julia Smith Translation
The lip of excellence is not becoming to, the foolish one: much less the lip. of falsehood to the noble one.
King James 2000
Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Modern King James verseion
An excellent lip is not fitting for a fool; much less are lying lips fitting for a prince.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An eloquent speech becometh not a fool; much less a lying mouth, then, becometh a prince.
NET Bible
Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!
New Heart English Bible
Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
The Emphasized Bible
Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
Webster
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
World English Bible
Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
Interlinear
Yether
Saphah
Sheqer
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
6 The crown of the elderly [are] {grandchildren}, and the glory of children [is] their fathers. 7 {Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler. 8 The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; 'He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.
Job 34:12
What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.
Psalm 50:16-17
But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},
Psalm 101:3-5
I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.
Proverbs 12:19
A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 16:10-13
A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.
Proverbs 26:7
[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 29:12
A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.
Matthew 7:5
Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!