Other translations
American Standard Version
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like tried silver plated over a clay vessel, so are fiery lips and an evil heart.
Darby Bible Translation
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
God's Word
[Like] a clay pot covered with cheap silver, [so] is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
International Standard Version
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver— that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
NET Bible
Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
New American Standard Bible
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
New International Version
Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
New Living Translation
Smooth words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.
Webster's Bible Translation
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
The World English Bible
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
EasyEnglish Bible
When a hypocrite says nice words, that is like a cheap pot with silver paint.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
New Life Version
Burning lips and a sinful heart are like a pot covered with silver waste.
The Voice Bible
Like a shiny glaze coating a rough clay pot, so are burning lips that conceal an evil heart.
Living Bible
Pretty words may hide a wicked heart, just as a pretty glaze covers a common clay pot.
New Catholic Bible
Like glaze that is spread on earthenware are smooth lips and a spiteful heart.
Legacy Standard Bible
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are fiery lips and an evil heart.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Christian Standard Bible
Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver].
New Century Version
Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
The Message
Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Fervent lips and an evil heart are like a glaze covering a clay pot.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Good News Translation®
Insincere talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze on a cheap clay pot.
Wycliffe Bible
As if thou wouldest adorn a vessel of earth, (that is, a cheap pot made out of clay,) with the dross of silver, so be swelling lips fellowshipped with a full wicked heart.
Contemporary English Version
Hiding hateful thoughts behind smooth talk is like coating a clay pot with a cheap glaze.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Common English Bible © 2011
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like silver coating on clay.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value] Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips and a wicked heart.
New American Standard Bible
Like an earthenware vessel overlaid with silver impurities Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
The Expanded Bible
·Kind words [L Smooth lips] from a wicked ·mind [L heart] are like ·a shiny [silver] coating on a clay pot.
Tree of Life Version
Like silver glaze overlaying earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
Revised Standard Version
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
New International Reader's Version
Warm words that come from an evil heart are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
BRG Bible
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Complete Jewish Bible
Like silver slag overlaid on a clay pot are lips that burn [with friendship] over a hating heart.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are smooth lips with an evil heart.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Fervent sfatayim (lips) and a lev rah are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
Names of God Bible
Like a clay pot covered with cheap silver, so is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart.
Modern English Version
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
Easy-to-Read Version
Good words that hide an evil heart are like silver paint over a cheap, clay pot.
International Children’s Bible
Kind words from a wicked mind are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.
Lexham English Bible
Like impure silver which overlays an earthen vessel, so are smooth lips and an evil heart.
New International Version - UK
Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.