Proverbs 16:30
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. | He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil. | He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [one who] shuts | עֹצֶ֣ה | 'o-TZEH | H6095 | to shutעָצָה (a.tsah) (Qal) to shut |
| eyes his | עֵ֭ינָיו | 'EI-nav | H5869A | eyeעַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) |
| to devise | לַחְשֹׁ֣ב | lach-SHO | H2803I | to devise: designחָשַׁב (cha.shav) : design/skillful 1) to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to think, account 1a2) to plan, devise, mean 1a3) to charge, impute, reckon 1a4) to esteem, value, regard 1a5) to invent 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed 1b2) to be computed, be reckoned 1b3) to be imputed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to think upon, consider, be mindful of 1c2) to think to do, devise, plan 1c3) to count, reckon 1d) (Hithpael) to be considered |
| perverse things | תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹת | tah-pu-KHOT | H8419 | perversityתַּהְפֻּכָה (tah.pu.khah) perversity, perverse thing |
| [one who] purses | קֹרֵ֥ץ | ko-RETZ | H7169 | to winkקָרַץ (qa.rats) 1) to narrow, form, nip, pinch, squeeze, wink, purse 1a) (Qal) to pinch 1b) (Pual) to be nipped or pinched off, be formed |
| lips his | שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו | SE-fa-TAV | H8193G | lipsשָׂפָה (sa.phah) : lips/mouth 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) |
| he accomplishes | כִּלָּ֥ה | ki-LAH | H3615I | to end: finishכָּלָה (ka.lah) : finish 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end … |
| evil | רָעָֽה׃ | ra-'AH | H7451I | No entry |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.