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Proverbs 16:27

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

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אִ֣ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…בְּ֭לִיַּעַלbeliyaalBelialבְּלִיַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Belial”, the ordinary formH1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickednessBelial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.כֹּרֶ֣הkorehdigכָּרָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dig”, a verb used as a describing wordH3738properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or opendig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.רָעָ֑הraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…וְעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שפתיוshftyvlanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹsefatvolanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.כְּאֵ֣שׁkeeshas fireאֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.צָרָֽבֶתtsaravetburningצָרֶבֶתadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “burning”, the ordinary formH6867conflagration (of fire or disease)burning, inflammation.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακὰ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ.