ASV
KJV
23. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
ESV
23. In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
ERVEN
23. If you work hard, you will have plenty. If you do nothing but talk, you will not have enough.
NLT
23. Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!
WEB
23. In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
NET
23. In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
NLV
23. Some good comes from all work. Nothing but talk leads only to being poor.
HCSB
23. There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty.
YLT
23. In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
LITV
23. In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
RV
23. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {cf15i tendeth} only to penury.
NCV
23. Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor.
MKJV
23. In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
AKJV
23. In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
LXXEN
23. With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.
KJV
23. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
AMP
23. In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty.
KJVP
23. In all H3605 B-CMS labor H6089 there is H1961 VQY3MS profit H4195 : but the talk H1697 W-CMS of the lips H8193 NFD [ tendeth ] only H389 ADV to penury H4270 .
YLT
23. In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
ASV
23. In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
WEB
23. In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
NASB
23. In all labor there is profit, but mere talk tends only to penury.
ESV
23. In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
RV
23. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {cf15i tendeth} only to penury.
RSV
23. In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.
NKJV
23. In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter [leads] only to poverty.
MKJV
23. In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
AKJV
23. In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
NRSV
23. In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
NIV
23. All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
NIRV
23. All hard work pays off. But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.
NLT
23. Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!
MSG
23. Hard work always pays off; mere talk puts no bread on the table.
GNB
23. Work and you will earn a living; if you sit around talking you will be poor.
NET
23. In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
ERVEN
23. If you work hard, you will have plenty. If you do nothing but talk, you will not have enough.