Proverbs 20:5
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20:5Counsel14 in a person’s heart15 is like16 deep water,17
but an understanding person18 draws it out.
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- 14 The noun means “advice, counsel”; it can have the connotation of planning or making decisions. Those with understanding can sort out plans.
- 15 Heb “in the heart of a man”; “in the human mind.”
- 16 The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.
- 17 The motives or plans of a person are “difficult to fathom”; it takes someone with understanding to discover and surface them (the verb in the last colon continues the figure with the sense of bringing the plans to the surface and sorting them out).
- 18 Heb “a man of understanding”; “someone with insight”; “the wise.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,
but one who has insight draws them out.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;
but a person of understanding draws it out.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Though good advice lies deep within the heart,
a person with understanding will draw it out.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Deep waters are like purpose in the heart of a man,
and a man of understanding will draw it out.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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