Proverbs 8:6

NETBible

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 1  and my lips will utter 2  what is right.

NIV ©

Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

NASB ©

"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

NLT ©

Listen to me! For I have excellent things to tell you. Everything I say is right,

MSG ©

Don't miss a word of this--I'm telling you how to live well, I'm telling you how to live at your best.

BBE ©

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

NRSV ©

Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;

NKJV ©

Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;

KJV
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NASB ©
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NETBible

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 1  and my lips will utter 2  what is right.

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “noble” or “princely.” Wisdom begins the first motivation by claiming to speak noble things, that is, excellent things.

2 tn Heb “opening of my lips” (so KJV, NASB). The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause, with the organ of speech put for what is said.