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Proverbs 6:2-4
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Proverbs 6:2-4
New International Version
Proverbs 6:2-4
New King James Version
Proverbs 6:2-4
New King James Version
2 You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
4 (A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 6:2-4
King James Version
Proverbs 6:2-4
King James Version
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Proverbs 6:2-4
English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:2-4
English Standard Version
2 if you are (A)snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten,[a] and (B)plead urgently with your neighbor.
4 (C)Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself
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