Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Les paroles distinguées ne conviennent pas à un insensé; Combien moins à un noble les paroles mensongères!
KJV
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
KJV
Hebrew original
לֹא נָאוָ֣ה לְ/נָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי לְ/נָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת שָֽׁקֶר
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