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Proverbs 6:2
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KJ21
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
ASV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
AMP
If you have been snared with the words of your lips, If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,
AMPC
You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.
BRG
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
CSB
you have been snared by the words of your mouth— trapped by the words from your mouth.
CSBA
you have been snared by the words of your mouth – trapped by the words from your mouth.
CEB
you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.
CJB
you have been snared by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your own mouth.
CEV
Then you are trapped by your own words,
DARBY
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
DRA
Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.
ERV
If you do, your words will trap you.
EASY
Then what you have promised to do may become a trap that catches you.
EHV
you are trapped by the promises from your mouth; you are captured by the promises from your mouth.
ESV
if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
ESVUK
if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,
EXB
You ·might [or will] get trapped by what you say; you ·might [or will] be caught by ·your own words [or what you say].
GNV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth: thou art even taken with the words of thine own mouth.
GW
you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.
GNT
Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises?
HCSB
you have been trapped by the words of your lips— ensnared by the words of your mouth.
ICB
You might get trapped by what you say. You might be caught by your own words.
ISV
trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,
JUB
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
KJV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
AKJV
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
LSB
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
LEB
if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
TLB
You may have trapped yourself by your agreement.
MSG
Dear friend, if you’ve gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger, If you’ve impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, Friend, don’t waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You’re in that man’s clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate. Don’t procrastinate— there’s no time to lose. Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper!
MEV
you are snared with the words of your mouth; you are taken with the words of your mouth.
NOG
you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.
NABRE
You have been snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth;
NASB
If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth, Or caught by the words of your mouth,
NASB1995
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
NCB
you have been trapped by the utterance of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
NCV
You might get trapped by what you say; you might be caught by your own words.
NET
if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
NIRV
Don’t be trapped by what you have said. Don’t be caught by the words of your mouth.
NIV
you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
NIVUK
you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
NKJV
You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
NLV
you have been trapped with the words of your lips. You have been caught with the words of your mouth.
NLT
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—
NRSVA
you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.
NRSVACE
you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.
NRSVCE
you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.
NRSVUE
you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.
OJB
Thou art snared with the words of thy peh (mouth), thou art trapped with the words of thy peh (mouth).
RGT
you are snared with the words of your mouth. You are taken with the words of your own mouth.
RSV
if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
RSVCE
if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
TLV
if you are trapped by your own words, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
VOICE
Then your words may well be the trap that snares you, and your promise may seal your fate. You can’t be sure to whom you hitched your future.
WEB
you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
WYC
Thou art bound by the words of thy mouth; and thou art taken with thine own words (and thou art caught by thy own words, or thy promises).
YLT
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
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