Modern Translations
New International Version The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
New Living Translation The mouths of fools are their ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
English Standard Version A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Berean Study Bible A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
New American Standard Bible A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
NASB 1995 A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
NASB 1977 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Amplified Bible A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Christian Standard Bible A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
Holman Christian Standard Bible A fool's mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.
Contemporary English Version Saying foolish things is like setting a trap to destroy yourself.
Good News Translation When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.
GOD'S WORD® Translation A fool's mouth is his ruin. His lips are a trap to his soul.
International Standard Version A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.
NET Bible The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.