PRO 16:27 Parallel View

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16:27 Variant note: שפתי/ו: (x-qere) ’שְׂ֝פָת֗/וֹ’: lemma_8193 n_0.0 morph_HNcfsc/Sp3ms id_20LMG שְׂ֝פָת֗/וֹ

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ULT A man of worthlessness digs up evil
 ⇔ and on his lips it is like a scorching fire.

UST Worthless people plot how to hurt others;
⇔ the evil things they say harm others like fire burns people.

BSB  ⇔ A worthless man digs up evil,
⇔ and his speech [fn] is like a scorching fire.

16:27 Or and what is on his lips

OEB A depraved man digs a pit of mischief,
⇔ while his lips are touched as with scorching fire.

WEB A worthless man devises mischief.
⇔ His speech is like a scorching fire.

NET A wicked scoundrel digs up evil,
 ⇔ and his slander is like a scorching fire.

LSV A worthless man is preparing evil,
And on his lips [is] as a burning fire.

FBV Worthless people plot evil and their words burn like fire.

T4T  ⇔ Worthless people plan ways to cause trouble for others,
⇔ and even what they say injures people like a hot fire does [SIM].

LEB • and his lips are like a scorching fire.

BBE A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

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JPS An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

ASV A worthless man deviseth mischief;
 ⇔ And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

DRA The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

YLT A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips — as a burning fire.

DBY A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

RV A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

WBS An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

KJB An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.[fn]
(An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.)

16.27 An…: Heb. A man of Belial

BB An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.
(An ungodly person stirreth up evil, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.)

GNV A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.
(A wicked man diggeth up evil, and in his lippes is like burning fire. )

CB An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.
(An ungodly personne stereth up evil, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.)

WYC An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis.
(An unwijs man diggith yuel; and fire brenneth in his lippis.)

LUT Ein loser Mensch gräbt nach Unglück, und in seinem Maul brennet Feuer.
(Ein loser person gräbt nach Unglück, and in seinem Maul brennet fire.)

CLV Vir impius fodit malum, et in labiis ejus ignis ardescit.[fn]
(Vir impius fodit malum, and in labiis his ignis ardescit.)

16.27 Vir insipiens fodit malum. Potest hoc de hæretico specialiter intelligi, etc., usque ad unde Jacobus: Lingua inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna Jacob. 3..

16.27 Vir insipiens fodit malum. Potest hoc about hæretico specialiter intelligi, etc., usque to whence Yacobus: Lingua inflammat rotam nativitatis nostræ inflammata a gehenna Yacob. 3..

BRN But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

BrLXX ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακὰ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ.
(anaʸr afrōn orussei heautōi kaka, epi de tōn heautou ⱪeileōn thaʸsaurizei pur. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל

(a)_man worthless

See how you translated this phrase in 6:12.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל & שפתי⁠ו

(a)_man worthless & speech,his

A man of worthlessness and his refer to a type of person in general, not a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person of worthlessness … that person’s lips”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה

digs_up evil

Here, Solomon speaks of a person planning how to harm other people as if that person were digging evil out of the ground. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “plans how to harm people” or “plans how to harm people as if he were digging up evil”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

רָעָ֑ה

evil

Here, evil refers to trouble that someone experiences as a result of the evil done by A man of worthlessness. See how you translated the same use of evil in 12:21.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠עַל־שפתי⁠ו כְּ⁠אֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת

and,on speech,his like,fire scorching

Here, on his lips refers to what a person says while moving his lips. See how you translated the same use of lips in 10:13. Alternate translation: “and what he says is like a scorching fire”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠אֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת

like,fire scorching

Solomon is saying that the evil things that A man of worthlessness says are like a scorching fire because both can hurt people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “it hurts people like a scorching fire”

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