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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
הסר ממך עקשות פה ולזות שפתים הרחק ממך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
hsr mmk `qSHvt ph vlzvt SHptym hrKHq mmk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
remove a te os pravum et detrahentia labia sint procul a te

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Put away from you a fraudulent mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
New King James Version   
Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.
21st Century King James Version   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Cause the perverse mouth to pass from you, and put far from your lips the thought of depravity.
Darby Bible Translation   
Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
God's Word   
Remove dishonesty from your mouth. Put deceptive speech far away from your lips.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don't let your lips talk deviously.
International Standard Version   
Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.
NET Bible   
Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.
New American Standard Bible   
Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.
New International Version   
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
New Living Translation   
Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
The World English Bible   
Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Never tell lies or try to deceive other people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
New Life Version   
Put false speaking away from you. Put bad talk far from you.
The Voice Bible   
Do away with any talk that twists and distorts the truth; have nothing to do with any verbal trickery.
Living Bible   
Spurn the careless kiss of a prostitute. Stay far from her.
New Catholic Bible   
Turn away from the mouth that deceives and keep your distance from lips that mislead.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Put away from you a perverse mouth And put devious lips far from you.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Put away from thee the perversion of the mouth, and the deviation of the lips put far from thee.
Christian Standard Bible   
Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly, and don’t let your lips talk deviously.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you.
New Century Version   
Don’t use your mouth to tell lies; don’t ever say things that are not true.
The Message   
Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that’s where life starts. Don’t talk out of both sides of your mouth; avoid careless banter, white lies, and gossip. Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Turn your mouth away from perverted speech, and keep devious lips far away from you.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Good News Translation®   
Never say anything that isn't true. Have nothing to do with lies and misleading words.
Wycliffe Bible   
Remove thou a shrewd mouth from thee (Do not thou speak depraved things); and backbiting lips be far from thee.
Contemporary English Version   
Never tell lies or be deceitful in what you say.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; keep devious lips far from you.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth, And put devious lips far from you.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Dishonest mouth put away from you, deceitful lips put far from you.
New American Standard Bible   
Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you.
The Expanded Bible   
·Don’t use your mouth to tell lies [L Have nothing to do with a perverse mouth]; ·don’t ever say things that are not true [L keep loose lips far from you].
Tree of Life Version   
Put away perversity from your mouth, and keep devious lips far from you.
Revised Standard Version   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
New International Reader's Version   
Don’t speak with twisted words. Keep evil talk away from your lips.
BRG Bible   
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Keep crooked speech out of your mouth, banish deceit from your lips.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Put away from thee a deceitful peh (mouth), and perverse sfatayim (lips) put far from thee.
Names of God Bible   
Remove dishonesty from your mouth. Put deceptive speech far away from your lips.
Modern English Version   
Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Don’t bend the truth or say things that you know are not right.
International Children’s Bible   
Don’t use your mouth to tell lies. Don’t ever say things that are not true.
Lexham English Bible   
Remove from yourself deceitful speech, and abolish devious talk from yourself.
New International Version - UK   
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.