Proverbs 8:6 
Context| NETBible | Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 1 and my lips will utter 2 what is right. |
| NIV © biblegateway Pro 8:6 |
Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. |
| NASB © biblegateway Pro 8:6 |
"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things. |
| NLT © biblegateway Pro 8:6 |
Listen to me! For I have excellent things to tell you. Everything I say is right, |
| MSG © biblegateway Pro 8:6 |
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 © SABDAweb Pro 8:6 |
Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 8:6 |
Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right; |
| NKJV © biblegateway Pro 8:6 |
Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things; |
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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. |
