Matthew 12:36

Good and Bad Fruit

35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.37For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Berean Standard Bible
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
American Standard Version (1901)
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Bible in Basic English
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
Free Bible Version
I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.
Geneva Bible 1599
But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
King James (Authorized) Version
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
One Unity Resource Bible
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Translation for Translators
I tell you that on the day when God judges [MTY], he will make people recall every useless word they have spoken, and he will judge them accordingly.
Unlocked Literal Bible
I say to you that in the day of judgment people will give an account for every idle word they will have said.
Noah Webster Bible
But I say to you, That for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account in the day of judgment.
World English Bible
I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
Young's Literal Translation
'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;