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 The soul of him that labours, labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him. 27 A worthless man digs up evil,
While his words are like scorching fire.
28 The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, therefore, know and consider what thou must do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household, for he is such a son of Belial that no one can speak to him.

2 Samuel 20:1

And a man of Belial happened to be there, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a man of Jemini, and he blew the shofar, saying, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O Israel.

Psalm 17:14-15

from men, with thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life and whose belly thou dost fill with thy provision: they satisfy their sons and leave the rest to their family.

Psalm 52:2-4

Thy tongue devises wickedness like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions, and I lie even among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 2:4

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures,

Proverbs 6:12

A wicked man of Belial walks with a perverse mouth.

Proverbs 6:14

there is perversion in his heart; he devises evil continually; he sows discord.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe unto those that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,

Habakkuk 2:13

Is this not of the LORD of the hosts? Therefore the peoples shall labour for the fire, and the Gentiles shall weary themselves in vain.

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