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Proverbs 6:13–14

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13He twinketh with his eyes,

He speaketh with his feet,

He teacheth with his fingers;

14uFrowardness is in his heart,

xHe deviseth mischief continually;

He †soweth discord.

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Footnotes

  1. tSee Ps. 35:19. So Ecclus. 27:22. Comp. Rom. 6:13, 19.
  2. uSee ch. 2:12.
  3. xSee ch. 3:29. Comp. Mic. 2:1.
  4. †Heb. casteth forth. ver. 19. ch. 16:28.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,

points with his finger,

with perverted heart devises evil,

continually sowing discord;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who winks maliciously with his eye,

signals with his feet

and motions with his fingers,

who plots evil with deceit in his heart—

he always stirs up conflict.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,

and gesturing with his fingers.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart;

he stirs up trouble.

NLTNew Living Translation

signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,

a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.

Their perverted hearts plot evil,

and they constantly stir up trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,

pointing in his fingers,

perversion in his heart, he devises evil;

at all times he will send out discord.