Proverbs 22:18

NETBible	For it is pleasing if¹ you keep these sayings² within you, and³ they are ready on your lips.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 22:18	for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:18	For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 22:18	For it is good to keep these sayings deep within yourself, always ready on your lips.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 22:18	you'll give it bold expression in your speech.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 22:18	For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 22:18	for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 22:18	For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
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KJV	For [it is] a pleasant thing <05273> if thou keep <08104> (8799) them within <0990> thee; they shall withal <03162> be fitted <03559> (8735) in thy lips <08193>_. {within...: Heb. in thy belly}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:18	For it will be pleasant <05273> if <03588> you keep <08104> them within <0990> you, That they may be ready <03559> on your lips <08193> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ ean <1437> CONJ embalhv <1685> V-AAS-2S autouv <846> D-APM eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF sou <4771> P-GS eufranousin <2165> V-FAI-3P se <4771> P-AS ama <260> ADV epi <1909> PREP soiv <4674> A-DPN ceilesin <5491> N-DPN
NET [draft] ITL	For <03588> it is pleasing <05273> if <03588> you keep <08104> these sayings within you, and they are ready <03559> on <05921> your lips <08193> .
HEBREW	Kytpv <08193> le <05921> wdxy <03162> wnky <03559> Knjbb <0990> Mrmst <08104> yk <03588> Myen <05273> yk (22:18) <03588>

NETBible

For it is pleasing if¹ you keep these sayings² within you, and³ they are ready on your lips.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Or “when” (so NIV).

²tn Heb “keep them,” referring to the words of the wise expressed in these sayings. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn The term “and” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation.

⁴sn If the teachings are preserved in the heart/mind of the disciple, then that individual will always be ready to speak what was retained.