Verse Comparison: Proverbs 22:18
American Standard Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
Amplified® Bible
For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
Contemporary English Version
You will be glad that you know these sayings and can recite them.
Darby English Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
Good News Bible
and you will be glad if you remember them and can quote them.
King James Version
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
New American Standard Bible
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips.
New International Version
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
New King James Version
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For it will seem pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may dwell on your lips.
Revised Standard Version
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Young's Literal Translation
For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
