if ¹  you have been ensnared ²  by the words you have uttered, ³  and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

biblegateway Pro 6:2

If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

you have been trapped by the words of your lips--ensnared by the words of your mouth.

you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.

biblegateway Pro 6:2

if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

bibleoremus Pro 6:2

you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

if you are caught by your promise, trapped by some promise you have made,

biblegateway Pro 6:2

You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

biblegateway Pro 6:2

if ¹  you have been ensnared ²  by the words you have uttered, ³  and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

¹ tn The term “if” does not appear in this line but is implied by the parallelism. It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

² tn The verb יָקַשׁ (yaqash) means “to lay a bait; to lure; to lay snares.” In the Niphal it means “to be caught by bait; to be ensnared” – here in a business entanglement.

³ tn Heb “by the words of your mouth.” The same expression occurs at the end of the following line (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). Many English versions vary the wording slightly, presumably for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).