Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A worthless man digs up evil,
While his words are like scorching fire.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A worthless man digs up evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.

International Standard Version

A worthless person concocts evil gossip his lips are like a burning fire.

A Conservative Version

A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


A worthless man devises and digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.

Modern King James verseion

An ungodly man plots evil, and his lips are like a burning fire.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

An ungodly person stirreth up evil; and in his lips he is as a hot burning fire.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
An ungodly
בּליּעל 
B@liya`al 
Usage: 27

man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

diggeth up
כּרה 
Karah 
Usage: 16

and in his lips
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

there is as a burning
צרבת 
Tsarebeth 
Usage: 3

References

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

26 A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.
27 A worthless man digs up evil,
While his words are like scorching fire.
28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends.



Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.”

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,
We have no portion in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Psalm 17:14-15

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

Psalm 52:2-4

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 6:14

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,
Who spreads strife.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

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