11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- KJV King James Version
- Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Let no corrupt word go forth out of your mouth, but what is good to the necessary building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Don't use bad language. Speak words that will encourage people as necessary, so that those who listen will be helped.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth; but that which is good, to the edification of faith, that it may administer grace to the hearers.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πᾶς | Pas | — | G3956 πᾶς all |
| λόγος | logos | talk | G3056 λόγος word |
| σαπρὸς | sapros | unwholesome | G4550 σαπρός rotten |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| στόματος | stomatos | mouths | G4750 στόμα mouth |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| μὴ | mē | {Let} no | G3361 μή not |
| ἐκπορευέσθω | ekporeuesthō | come | G1607 ἐκπορεύω to depart |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| εἴ | ei | only | G1487 εἰ if |
| τις | tis | what is | G5100 τις one |
| ἀγαθὸς | agathos | helpful | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| πρὸς | pros | for | G4314 πρός to/with |
| οἰκοδομὴν | oikodomēn | building up | G3619 οἰκοδομή building |
| τῆς | tēs | the [one] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| χρείας | chreias | in need | G5532 χρεία need |
| ἵνα | hina | [and] | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| δῷ | dō | bringing | G1325 δίδωμι to give |
| χάριν | charin | grace | G5485 χάρις grace |
| τοῖς | tois | to those | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀκούουσιν | akouousin | who listen | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
Related verses
- Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
- Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
- Colossians 3:8–9
but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
- Matthew 12:34–37
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. …
- Proverbs 25:11–12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
- Psalm 37:30–31
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
- James 3:2–8
For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires. …
- Proverbs 15:2–4
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly. Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
27 and don’t give place to the devil.
28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
30 Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
Read all of Ephesians 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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