59 Perhaps the referent is people who are in authority because of their wealth.
60 Heb “in chambers of your bedroom.”
61 Heb “a bird of the air.”
62 Heb “might carry the voice.” The article is used here with the force of a possessive pronoun.
63 The Hebrew phrase בַּעַל הַכְּנָפַיִם (ba’al hakkénafayim, “possessor of wings”) is an idiom for a winged creature, that is, a bird (e.g., Prov 1:17; see בַּעַל A.6; 127 בַּעַל 5.a). The term בַּעַל (“master; possessor”) is the construct governing the attributive genitive הַכְּנָפַיִם (“wings”); see §9.5.3b.
64 The term “your” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.
65 Heb “tell the matter.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king,

nor in your bedroom curse the rich,

for a bird of the air will carry your voice,

or some winged creature tell the matter.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not revile the king even in your thoughts,

or curse the rich in your bedroom,

because a bird in the sky may carry your words,

and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,

and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,

for a bird of the sky may carry the message,

and a winged creature may report the matter.

NLTNew Living Translation

Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.

And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.

For a little bird might deliver your message

and tell them what you said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,

and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom,

for a bird of the sky may carry your voice;

a winged messenger may repeat your words.

KJV 1900King James Version

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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