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Proverbs 8:7

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֱ֭מֶתemetassuredאֶמֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “assured”, the ordinary formH571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessassured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.יֶהְגֶּ֣הyehgehimagineהָגָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “imagine”, an unfinished actionH1897to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponderimagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.חִכִּ֑יchikimouthחֵךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “mouth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)(roof of the) mouth, taste.וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תvetoavatand abominableתּוֹעֵבַהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and abominable”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idolabominable (custom, thing), abomination.שְׂפָתַ֣יsefataylanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.רֶֽשַׁעreshainiquityרֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iniquity”, the ordinary formH7562a wrong (especially moral)iniquity, wicked(-ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Young’s Literal Translation

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.

World English Bible

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Darby Translation

For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Douay-Rheims

My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἀλήθειαν μελετήσει ὁ φάρυγξ μου, ἐβδελυγμένα δὲ ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ χείλη ψευδῆ.