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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
חסד ואמת אל-יעזבך קשרם על-גרגרותיך כתבם על-לוח לבך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
KHsd vAmt Al-y`zbk qSHrm `l-grgrvtyk ktbm `l-lvKH lbk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
misericordia et veritas non te deserant circumda eas gutturi tuo et describe in tabulis cordis tui

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of your heart:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
New King James Version   
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,
21st Century King James Version   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thine heart.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And let not peace, favor and truth forsake you; bind them on your neck and write them upon the tablet of your heart
Darby Bible Translation   
Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
God's Word   
Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
International Standard Version   
Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
NET Bible   
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
New American Standard Bible   
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
New International Version   
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Living Translation   
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:
The World English Bible   
Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Keep hold of faithful love. That will be like a beautiful necklace that you always wear. Think about what it means to love other people.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
New Life Version   
Do not let kindness and truth leave you. Tie them around your neck. Write them upon your heart.
The Voice Bible   
Stay focused; do not lose sight of mercy and truth; engrave them on a pendant, and hang it around your neck; meditate on them so they are written upon your heart.
Living Bible   
Never tire of loyalty and kindness. Hold these virtues tightly. Write them deep within your heart.
New Catholic Bible   
Do not let kindness and fidelity leave you; fasten them around your neck and inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the tablet of thine heart:
Christian Standard Bible   
Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.
New Century Version   
Don’t ever forget kindness and truth. Wear them like a necklace. Write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
The Message   
Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty. Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart. Earn a reputation for living well in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Do not allow mercy and truth to leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Good News Translation®   
Never let go of loyalty and faithfulness. Tie them around your neck; write them on your heart.
Wycliffe Bible   
Mercy and truth forsake thee not; bind thou those to thy throat, and write them in the tables of thine heart. (Let not mercy and truth desert thee; bind thou them about thy neck, and write them on the tablets of thy heart.)
Contemporary English Version   
Let love and loyalty always show like a necklace, and write them in your mind.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Bind them on your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you]; Bind them [securely] around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them round your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Do not let love and fidelity forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
New American Standard Bible   
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
The Expanded Bible   
Don’t ·ever forget kindness and truth [L let loyalty and faithfulness abandon you]. ·Wear [Bind] them ·like a necklace [L on your neck]. Write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
Tree of Life Version   
Let kindness and truth never leave you— bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Revised Standard Version   
Let not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
New International Reader's Version   
Don’t let love and truth ever leave you. Tie them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
BRG Bible   
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Complete Jewish Bible   
Do not let grace and truth leave you — bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let not chesed and emes forsake thee; bind them about thy neck; write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev;
Names of God Bible   
Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Modern English Version   
Do not let mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
Easy-to-Read Version   
Don’t ever let love and loyalty leave you. Tie them around your neck, and write them on your heart.
International Children’s Bible   
Don’t ever stop being kind and truthful. Let kindness and truth show in all you do. Write them down in your mind as if on a tablet.
Lexham English Bible   
May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.
New International Version - UK   
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them round your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.