Parallel Verses
NET Bible
if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
New American Standard Bible
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
King James Version
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Holman Bible
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
International Standard Version
trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,
A Conservative Version
thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
American Standard Version
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Amplified
If you have been snared with the words of your lips,
If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
Bible in Basic English
You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
Darby Translation
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wert snared with the sayings of thy mouth, thou wert taken with the sayings of thy mouth.
King James 2000
You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
Modern King James verseion
you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech.
New Heart English Bible
You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.
Webster
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
World English Bible
You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
Themes
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Interlinear
Peh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Pledges
1 My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger, 2 if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken, 3 then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:13
The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.