Proverbs Chapter 8 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 8:6

Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
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BBE Proverbs 8:6

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
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DARBY Proverbs 8:6

Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
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KJV Proverbs 8:6

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
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WBT Proverbs 8:6


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WEB Proverbs 8:6

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
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YLT Proverbs 8:6

Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips `is' uprightness.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - I will speak of excellent things; de rebus magnis, Vulgate; σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ, Septuagint. The Hebrew nagid is elsewhere used of persons; e.g. a prince, leader (1 Samuel 9:16; 1 Chronicles 26:24); so it may here be best translated "princely," "noble" - an epithet which the subject matter of Wisdom's discourse fully confirms (comp. Proverbs 22:20, though the word there is different). Hitzig and others, following the Syriac, prefer the meaning, "plain, evident truths" (comp. ver. 9); but the former interpretation is most suitable. The opening of my lips shall be right things. That which I announce when I open my mouth is just and right (Proverbs 23:16). Septuagint.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) The opening of my lips shall be right things.--That is, I will open my mouth to speak them.