Proverbs 16:27
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- 93 Heb “a man of belial.” This phrase means “wicked scoundrel.” Some translate “worthless” (so , , ), but the phrase includes deep depravity and wickedness (C. H. Toy, Proverbs [], ).
- 94 Heb “digs up” (so ). The “wicked scoundrel” finds out about evil and brings it to the surface (Prov 26:27; Jer 18:20). What he digs up he spreads by speech.
- 95 Heb “on his lips” (so ) The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause. To say that “evil” is on his lips means that he talks about the evil he has dug up.
- 96 The simile stresses the devastating way that slander hurts people. W. McKane says that this one “digs for scandal and … propagates it with words which are ablaze with misanthropy” (Proverbs [], 494).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A scoundrel plots evil,
and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A worthless person digs up evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Scoundrels create trouble;
their words are a destructive blaze.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A man of wickedness concocts evil,
and his lips are like a scorching fire.
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KJV 1900King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil:
And in his lips there is as a burning fire.
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