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Proverbs 16:30

30  Whoever winks his eyes plans5 edishonest things;

he who fpurses his lips brings evil to pass.

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Proverbs 16:30 — The New International Version (NIV)

30 Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;

whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

Proverbs 16:30 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:

Moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 — New Living Translation (NLT)

30 With narrowed eyes, people plot evil;

with a smirk, they plan their mischief.

Proverbs 16:30 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

30 He winks his eye to devise perverse things;

He purses his lips and brings about evil.

Proverbs 16:30 — New Century Version (NCV)

30 Someone who winks is planning evil,

and the one who grins is planning something wrong.

Proverbs 16:30 — American Standard Version (ASV)

30 He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things:

He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

30 He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

30 Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. 

Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work. 

Proverbs 16:30 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

30 The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions;

the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

Proverbs 16:30 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

30 One who winks the eyes plans perverse things;

one who compresses the lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

30 He who winks his eyes does so in order to plan perverse things;

he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:30 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

30 When he winks with his eyes, he is planning to do wrong.

When his lips are tightly closed, he is up to no good.

Proverbs 16:30 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

30 He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things;

He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.


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