Proverbs 17:20
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17:20The one who has a perverse heart68 does not find good,69
and the one who is deceitful in speech70 falls into trouble.
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- 68 The verse parallels two descriptions of the wicked person: “crooked/perverse of heart” (genitive of specification), and “turned away in his tongue” (deceitful). The first phrase describes twisted intentions. The second, using the Niphal participle (“one turned away”) with “tongue,” the metonymy of cause, describes one who has turned away from speaking truth. Cf. “the twisted tongue tumbles into trouble.”
- 69 The phrase “does not find good” is a figure (tapeinosis) meaning, “will experience calamity.” The wicked person can expect trouble ahead.
- 70 Heb “tongue”; “whose tongue is deceitful.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The crooked heart will not prosper;
the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness,
and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good:
And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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