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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי-נעים כי-תשמרם בבטנך יכנו יחדו על-שפתיך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky-n`ym ky-tSHmrm bbtnk yknv yKHdv `l-SHptyk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quae pulchra erit tibi cum servaveris eam in ventre tuo et redundabit in labiis tuis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
New King James Version   
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
21st Century King James Version   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, that they may indeed be ready upon thy lips.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because they are sweet, keep them in your gut, and they will form together upon your lips.
Darby Bible Translation   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
God's Word   
It is pleasant if you keep them in mind [so that] they will be on the tip of your tongue,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
International Standard Version   
for it is pleasant when you treasure them within you and have them ready on your lips.
NET Bible   
For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
New American Standard Bible   
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips.
New International Version   
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
New Living Translation   
For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart and always ready on your lips.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
The World English Bible   
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
EasyEnglish Bible   
If you remember these things, you will be happy. Tell them to other people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
New Life Version   
For it will be pleasing if you keep them in your heart, so they may be ready on your lips.
The Voice Bible   
Because true pleasure will be yours by learning them, living them, and being ready to repeat them to others.
Living Bible   
Listen to this wise advice; follow it closely, for it will do you good, and you can pass it on to others: Trust in the Lord.
New Catholic Bible   
They will afford pleasure if you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be established on your lips.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For it is a delightful thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall be ordered together in thy lips.
Christian Standard Bible   
For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
New Century Version   
It will be good to keep these things in mind so that you are ready to repeat them.
The Message   
Listen carefully to my wisdom; take to heart what I can teach you. You’ll treasure its sweetness deep within; you’ll give it bold expression in your speech. To make sure your foundation is trust in God, I’m laying it all out right now just for you. I’m giving you thirty sterling principles— tested guidelines to live by. Believe me—these are truths that work, and will keep you accountable to those who sent you.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
for it is pleasant when you keep my words deep within you, and you have them ready on your lips.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Good News Translation®   
and you will be glad if you remember them and can quote them.
Wycliffe Bible   
That shall be fair to thee, when thou hast kept it in thine heart, and it shall flow again in thy lips. (It shall please thee when thou hast kept it in thy heart, and it shall flow freely from thy lips.)
Contemporary English Version   
You will be glad that you know these sayings and can recite them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Common English Bible © 2011   
It will be pleasant if you keep the words in you, if you have them ready on your lips.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in mind [incorporating them as guiding principles]; Let them be ready on your lips [to guide and strengthen yourself and others].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For it will be well if you hold them within you, if they all are ready on your lips.
New American Standard Bible   
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, So that they may be ready on your lips.
The Expanded Bible   
It will be ·good [pleasant] to ·keep these things in mind [L guard them in your innermost being] so that you ·are ready to repeat them [L have them ready on your lips].
Tree of Life Version   
For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready on your lips.
Revised Standard Version   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
New International Reader's Version   
It is pleasing when you keep them in your heart. Have all of them ready on your lips.
BRG Bible   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Complete Jewish Bible   
for it is pleasant to keep them deep within you; have all of them ready on your lips.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For it is a pleasant thing if thou be shomer over them within thee; they shall therewith abide ready upon thy sfatayim (lips).
Names of God Bible   
It is pleasant if you keep them in mind so that they will be on the tip of your tongue,
Modern English Version   
for it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they will readily be fitted in your lips.
Easy-to-Read Version   
It will be good for you to remember these words and have them ready when they are needed.
International Children’s Bible   
It will be good to keep these things in mind. Be prepared to repeat them.
Lexham English Bible   
For it is pleasant if you guard them within you; together they will be ready upon your lips.
New International Version - UK   
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.