King James Version

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmachshevotcunningמַחֲשָׁבָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “cunning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4284a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.צַדִּיקִ֣יםtsadiqimjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).מִשְׁפָּ֑טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹתtachbulotgood adviceתַּחְבֻּלָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “good advice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8458(only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e. (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plangood advice, (wise) counsels.רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.מִרְמָֽהmirmahcraftמִרְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “craft”, the ordinary formH4820fraudcraft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Young’s Literal Translation

The thoughts of the righteous [are] justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.

World English Bible

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Darby Translation

The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Douay-Rheims

The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λογισμοὶ δικαίων κρίματα, κυβερνῶσι δὲ ἀσεβεῖς δόλους.