Parallel Verses
Webster
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
New American Standard Bible
While
King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » UnGodly
Character of the wicked » UnGodly
Fire » Illustrative of » The tongue
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 16:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
26 He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
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Cross References
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell.
1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do: for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, 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 who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalm 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them 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 naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Isaiah 5:18
Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?