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Proverbs 30:9

lest I be yfull and zdeny you

and say, a“Who is the Lord?”

or lest I be poor and steal

band profane the name of my God.

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Proverbs 30:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you

and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

Or I may become poor and steal,

and so dishonor the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Lest I be full, and deny thee,

And say, Who is the Lord?

Or lest I be poor, and steal,

And take the name of my God in vain.

Proverbs 30:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”

And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.

Proverbs 30:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Lest I be full and deny You,

And say, “Who is the Lord?”

Or lest I be poor and steal,

And profane the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

If I have too much, I might reject you

and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’

If I am poor, I might steal

and disgrace the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah?

Or lest I be poor, and steal,

And use profanely the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

or I may feel satisfied and deny you 

and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ 

or I may become poor and steal 

and give the name of my God a bad reputation. 

Proverbs 30:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Otherwise, I might have too much

and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”

or I might have nothing and steal,

profaning the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

or I shall be full, and deny you,

and say, “Who is the Lord?”

or I shall be poor, and steal,

and profane the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny him

and say “Who is Yahweh?”

Or I will be poor and will steal

and profane the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

If you don’t, I might have too much.

Then I might say I don’t know you.

I might say, ‘Who is the Lord?’

Or I might become poor and steal.

Then I would bring shame to the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”

Or that I not be in want and steal,

And profane the name of my God.


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