Verse List for PROV 16:27

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B I ◄ ← Prov 16:27 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A worthless person dredges up scandal, ⇔ → and it’s like scorching fire on their lips.

OET-LV A _person _of worthlessness is_digging _up evil and_is_on lip _of_his[fn] like_a _fire scorching.

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

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • A man of wickedness concocts evil,
• 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.

Moff The rascal sets mischief afoot, ⇔  his words scorch like a fire.

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.

Drby 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.

SLT A man of Belial dug up evil, and upon his lips, as a burning fire.

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

KJB-1769 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.[fn]
(An ungodly man diggeth/digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.)

KJB-1611 [fn]An vngodly man diggeth vp euill: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps 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 lips he is as an hot burning fire.)

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

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

Wycl An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis.
(An unwise man diggith evil; and fire brenneth in his lips.)

Luth Ein loser Mensch gräbt nach Unglück, und in seinem Maul brennet Feuer.
(A loser person gräbt after accident/misfortune/disaster, and in his mouth burns(v) fire(n).)

ClVg Vir impius fodit malum, et in labiis ejus ignis ardescit.[fn]
(Man impious/ungodly digs evil, and in/into/on lips his/her fire ardescit.)

UHB אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְ⁠עַל־שפתי⁠ו [fn] כְּ⁠אֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃ ‡

BrLXX ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακὰ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ.

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