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Proverbs 23:16

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23:16my soul27 will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.28

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Footnotes

  1. 27 Heb “my kidneys”; in biblical Hebrew the term was used for the innermost being, the soul, the central location of the passions. Cf. , “my inmost being.”
  2. 28 This twelfth saying simply observes that children bring joy to their parents when they demonstrate wisdom. The quatrain is arranged in a chiastic structure (:B’A’): The first line (A) speaks of wisdom in the child, and it is paired with the last line (A’) which speaks of the child’s saying what is right. In between these brackets are two lines (B and B’) concerning joy to the parent.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My inmost being will exult

when your lips speak what is right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

my inmost being will rejoice

when your lips speak what is right.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My innermost being will celebrate

when your lips say what is right.

NLTNew Living Translation

Everything in me will celebrate

when you speak what is right.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And my insides will rejoice

when your lips speak what is upright.

KJV 1900King James Version

Yea, my reins shall rejoice,

When thy lips speak right things.