Other translations
New Catholic Bible
The fruit of a tree reveals the care with which it was cultivated; in the same way, a man’s speech reveals his mindset.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person’s speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.
Good News Translation®
You can tell how well a tree has been cared for by the fruit it bears, and you can tell a person's feelings by the way he expresses himself.
Wycliffe Bible
As churl-like travail about a tree showeth the fruit thereof, so a word of thought showeth the heart of man. [As the earth-working of a tree showeth the fruit of him, so a word of thinking the heart of a man.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man’s mind.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so does speech the thoughts of the human mind.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person’s speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.
Common English Bible © 2011
A tree’s fruit reveals how well it has been cultivated. In the same way, reasoning makes plain a person’s thoughts.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so speech discloses the bent of a person’s heart.
Revised Standard Version
The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man’s mind.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person’s speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.