Stanza 65

Original Old Norse:

Orða þeira

er maðr öðrum segir

opt hann gjöld um getr

Auden & Taylor:

Often words uttered to another 

Have reaped an ill harvest:

Bellows:

Oft for the words | that to others one speaks

He will get but an evil gift.

65. The manuscript indicates no lacuna (lines I and 2). Many editors have filled out the stanza with two lines from late paper manuscripts, the passage running:

"A man must be watchful | and wary as well,

And fearful of trusting a friend."

Bray:

Each man should be watchful and wary in speech,

and slow to put faith in a friend.

for the words which one to another speaks

he may win reward of ill.

Chisholm:

Words spoken by one to another

often bring an evil reward.

Hollander:

(Watchful and wary everyone should be,

nor put too much trust in a friend:)

the words by one unwarily spoken,

have undone oft a doughty man.

Terry:

Often for the words he says to others

a man receives his reward.

Thorpe:

Circumspect and reserved

every man should be,

and wary in trusting friends.

Of the words 

that a man says to another

he often pays the penalty.

Short, sweet, and to the point, don't you think? Speak good things, reap good rewards. Speak bad things, get smacked down for it.