Other translations
American Standard Version
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, contempt has seized them and their evil is covered and their wickedness.
Darby Bible Translation
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
God's Word
That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.
International Standard Version
Therefore pride is their necklace and violence covers them like a garment.
NET Bible
Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
New International Version
Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
New Living Translation
They wear pride like a jeweled necklace and clothe themselves with cruelty.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
The World English Bible
Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
EasyEnglish Bible
Their pride is like their necklace. They like to be cruel, as they like to wear clothes.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
New Life Version
So they wear pride around their neck. Fighting covers them like a coat.
The Voice Bible
They’ve got pearls of pride strung around their necks; they clothe their bodies with violence.
Living Bible
so their pride sparkles like a jeweled necklace, and their clothing is woven of cruelty!
New Catholic Bible
So they wear arrogance like a necklace and don violence like a robe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Therefore they are crowned with pride; they cover themselves with violence as a garment.
Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, pride is their necklace, and violence covers them like a garment.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
New Century Version
They wear pride like a necklace and put on violence as their clothing.
The Message
Pretentious with arrogance, they wear the latest fashions in violence, Pampered and overfed, decked out in silk bows of silliness. They jeer, using words to kill; they bully their way with words. They’re full of hot air, loudmouths disturbing the peace. People actually listen to them—can you believe it? Like thirsty puppies, they lap up their words.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Therefore pride is their necklace. They wear violence like clothing.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
Good News Translation®
And so they wear pride like a necklace and violence like a robe;
Wycliffe Bible
Therefore pride hath held them; they were covered with their wickedness and unfaithfulness.
Contemporary English Version
Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
Common English Bible © 2011
That’s why they wear arrogance like a necklace, why violence covers them like clothes.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Therefore pride is their necklace; Violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].
English Standard Version Anglicised
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Thus pride adorns them as a necklace; violence clothes them as a robe.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore arrogance is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.
The Expanded Bible
They wear pride like a necklace and ·put on violence as their clothing [L adorn themselves with garments of violence].
Tree of Life Version
Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.
Revised Standard Version
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
New International Reader's Version
Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.
BRG Bible
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Complete Jewish Bible
So for them, pride is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Therefore ga’avah encircleth them like a chain necklace; chamas enwraps them like a garment.
Names of God Bible
That is why they wear arrogance like a necklace and acts of violence like clothing.
Modern English Version
Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
Easy-to-Read Version
So they are proud and hateful. This is as easy to see as the jewels and fancy clothes they wear.
International Children’s Bible
So they wear pride like a necklace. They put on violence as their clothing.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.
New International Version - UK
Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.