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Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.
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English Standard Version
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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King James Version
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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The Message Bible
6 Make it to the top by lying and cheating; get paid with smoke and a promotion - to death!
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New American Standard Bible
6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
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New International Version
6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
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New King James Version
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
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New Living Translation
6 Wealth created by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.
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New Revised Standard
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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American Standard Version
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
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The Bible in Basic English
6 He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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Common English Bible
6 Those who gain treasure with lies are like a drifting fog, leading to death.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
6 Those who gain treasure with lies are like a drifting fog, leading to death.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
6 A fortune gained by a lying tongue is vapor dispersed [by] seekers of death.
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The Darby Translation
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
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Good News Translation
6 The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
6 The riches you get by dishonesty soon disappear, but not before they lead you into the jaws of death.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
6 Those who gather wealth by lying are wasting time. They are looking for death.
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Hebrew Names Version
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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Lexham English Bible
6 He who makes treasure by a lying tongue [is a] fleeting vapor [and] seeker of death.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
6 He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity to the snares of death.
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New Century Version
6 Wealth that comes from telling lies vanishes like a mist and leads to death.
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New International Reader's Version
6 A fortune made by people who tell lies amounts to nothing and leads to death.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
6 He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
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Revised Standard Version
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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Third Millennium Bible
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity which is tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity which is tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
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The Latin Vulgate
6 qui congregat thesauros lingua mendacii vanus est et inpingetur ad laqueos mortis
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
6 qui congregat thesauros lingua mendacii vanus est et inpingetur ad laqueos mortis
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The Webster Bible
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
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World English Bible
6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
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Wycliffe
6 He that gathereth treasures by the tongue of a lie maker, (or of a liar,) is vain, and without heart; and he shall be hurled to the snares of death.
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Young's Literal Translation
6 The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
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