4 The words of the mouth are deep waters,

but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters,

And the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

4 Wise words are like deep waters;

wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;

The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

4 Spoken words can be like deep water,

but wisdom is like a flowing stream.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters;

The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

4 The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters. 

The fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream. 

4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,

a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.

4 The words of the mouth are deep waters;

the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

4 Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;

a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

4 The words of a person’s mouth are like deep water.

But the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;

The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.