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Matthew 12:37
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KJ21
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”
ASV
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
AMP
For by your words [reflecting your spiritual condition] you will be justified and acquitted of the guilt of sin; and by your words [rejecting Me] you will be condemned and sentenced.”
AMPC
For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced.
BRG
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
CSB
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
CSBA
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.’
CEB
By your words you will be either judged innocent or condemned as guilty.”
CJB
for by your own words you will be acquitted, and by your own words you will be condemned.”
CEV
On that day they will be told they are either innocent or guilty because of the things they have said.
DARBY
for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
DLNT
For by your words you will be declared-righteous, and by your words you will be condemned”.
DRA
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
ERV
Your words will be used to judge you. What you have said will show whether you are right or whether you are guilty.”
EASY
God will think about the words that you have spoken. Then he will decide whether to let you go free or to punish you.’
EHV
In fact by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
ESV
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
ESVUK
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
EXB
·The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you guilty [L For by your words you will be acquitted/justified, and by your words you will be condemned].”
GNV
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
GW
By your words you will be declared innocent, or by your words you will be declared guilty.”
GNT
Your words will be used to judge you—to declare you either innocent or guilty.”
HCSB
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
ICB
The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you guilty.”
ISV
because by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
PHILLIPS
“You serpent’s brood, how can you say anything good out of your evil hearts? For a man’s words depend on what fills his heart. A good man gives out good—from the goodness stored in his heart; a bad man gives out evil—from his store of evil. I tell you that men will have to answer at the day of judgment for every careless word they utter—for it is your words that will acquit you, and your words that will condemn you.”
JUB
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
KJV
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
AKJV
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
LSB
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
LEB
For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned.”
TLB
Your words now reflect your fate then: either you will be justified by them or you will be condemned.”
MSG
“You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”
MEV
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
MOUNCE
For by · your words you will be justified, and by · your words you will be condemned.”
NOG
By your words you will be declared innocent, or by your words you will be declared guilty.”
NABRE
By your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NASB
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NASB1995
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NCB
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NCV
The words you have said will be used to judge you. Some of your words will prove you right, but some of your words will prove you guilty.”
NET
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NIRV
By your words you will be found guilty or not guilty.”
NIV
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NIVUK
For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.’
NKJV
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NLV
For it is by your words that you will not be guilty and it is by your words that you will be guilty.”
NLT
The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”
NMB
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
NRSVA
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.’
NRSVACE
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.’
NRSVCE
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NRSVUE
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
NTFE
Yes: you will be vindicated by your own words—and you will be condemned by your own words.”
OJB
For by your dvarim you will be pronounced tzodek (righteous), and by your dvarim you will be charged with guilt.
RGT
“For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.”
RSV
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
RSVCE
for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
TLV
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
VOICE
The righteous will be acquitted by their own words, and you evildoers will be condemned by your own words.
WEB
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
WE
Because of your words, you will be called good. Or because of your words, you will be punished.'
WYC
for of thy words thou shalt be justified, and of thy words thou shalt be condemned.
YLT
for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
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