Verse List for PROV 16:30

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B I ◄ ← Prov 16:30 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Those who shut their eyes are planning perverse things. ⇔ ≈ People who purse their lips are doing evil.

OET-LV one _who_shuts eyes _of_his is_to_devise perverse _things one _who_purses lips _of_his he _accomplishes evil.

ULT One who shuts his eyes plans perverse things; ⇔ one who compresses his lips brings evil to completion.

UST People who use their eyes to signal to others are planning to do something perverse; ⇔  people who use their lips to signal to others are about to do the evil thing that they had planned to do.

BSB & MSB He who winks his eye devises perversity; ⇔  he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, ⇔  one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

NET The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, ⇔ and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

LSV Consulting his eyes to devise contrary things,
Moving his lips he has accomplished evil.

FBV People who give you a sly wink are plotting bad things; they purse their lips and make evil happen.

T4T ⇔  People sometimes show with one of their eyes to signal to their friends that they are planning to do something to harm others; ⇔  they smirk when they are about to do something evil.

LEB • He who winks his eyes does so in order to plan perverse things;
• he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

BBE He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

Moff The slanderer concocts a lie, ⇔  the detractor has designs of mischief.

JPS He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

ASV He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: ⇔ He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

DRA He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

YLT Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

Drby He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

RV He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
(He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward/ornery_or_disobedient things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth/brings evil to pass.)

SLT Closing his eyes to purpose perverseness: biting his lips he completed evil.

Wbstr He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

KJB-1769 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
(He shutteth his eyes to devise froward/ornery_or_disobedient things: moving his lips he bringeth/brings evil to pass.)

KJB-1611 He shutteth his eyes to deuise froward things: moouing his lips he bringeth euill to passe.
(He shutteth his eyes to devise froward/ornery_or_disobedient things: moouing his lips he bringeth/brings evil to pass.)

Bshps He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.
(He shutteth his eyes to devise mischief: and moveth/moves his lips to bring evil to pass.)

Gnva He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.
(He shutteth his eyes to devise wickedness: he moveth/moves his lips, and bringeth/brings evil to pass.)

Cvdl He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme.
(He that winketh with his eyes, imagineth/imagines mischief: and he it biteth/bites his lips, will do some harm.)

Wycl He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iyen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parformeth yuel.
(He that thenkith shrewd things with eyes astonished, bitith his lips, and parformeth evil.)

Luth Wer mit den Augen winkt, denkt nicht Gutes; und wer mit den Lippen deutet, vollbringet Böses.
(Who with the eyes winkt, thinks not goodness/good_(person); and who with the lips does_not_indicate, full/wholebringet evil(n).)

ClVg Qui attonitis oculis cogitat prava, mordens labia sua perficit malum.[fn]
(Who attonitis eyes thinks wicked, mordens lips his_own completes evil.)

UHB עֹצֶ֣ה עֵ֭ינָי⁠ו לַ⁠חְשֹׁ֣ב תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת קֹרֵ֥ץ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י⁠ו כִּלָּ֥ה רָעָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Στηρίζων δὲ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διαλογίζεται διεστραμμένα, ὁρίζει δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά· οὗτος κάμινός ἐστι κακίας.

BrTr And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evils: he is a furnace of wickedness.