He will turn their own tongues against them(A)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads(B) in scorn.(C)

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So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

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So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
(A)All who see them shall flee away.

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They are brought to ruin, with their own (A)tongues turned against them;
    all who (B)see them will (C)wag their heads.

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14 The wise store up knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.(B)

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14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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14 Wise people store up knowledge,
But (A)the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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14 The wise (A)lay up knowledge,
    but (B)the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

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13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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13 (A)The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
(B)But the righteous will come through trouble.

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13 An evil man is ensnared (A)by the transgression of his lips,[a]
    (B)but the righteous escapes from trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:13 Or In the transgression of the lips, there is an evil snare