Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Praise is unseemly on the lips of a sinner, for its source has not been God.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Praise is unseemly on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
Good News Translation®
It is not appropriate for a sinner to sing hymns of praise, because his worship is insincere.
Wycliffe Bible
Praising is not fair in the mouth of a sinner, for he is not sent of the Lord (or it was not sent to him from the Lord).
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Praise is unseemly on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Praise is unseemly on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
Common English Bible © 2011
Praise isn’t proper in the mouth of sinners because it hasn’t been assigned by the Lord.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Praise is unseemly on the lips of sinners, for it has not been allotted to them by God.
Revised Standard Version
A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Praise is unseemly on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.