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Proverbs 16:30

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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עֹצֶ֣הotsehshutעָצָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “shut”, a verb used as a describing wordH6095properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)shut.עֵ֭ינָיוeynayveye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…לַחְשֹׁ֣בlachshovto regardחָשַׁבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to regard”, the to-form of the verbH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.תַּהְפֻּכ֑וֹתtahpukhotfrowardתַּהְפֻּכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “froward”, the ordinary formH8419a perversity or fraud(very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.קֹרֵ֥ץqoretsformקָרַץverb, qal, participle, absolute — “form”, a verb used as a describing wordH7169to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)form, move, wink.שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוsefatayvlanguageשָׂפָהnoun, 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.כִּלָּ֥הkilahceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…רָעָֽהraahbadרַעnoun, 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…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

Young’s Literal Translation

Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

World English Bible

One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

Darby Translation

He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.

Douay-Rheims

He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; he that biteth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evils: he is a furnace of wickedness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Στηρίζων δὲ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διαλογίζεται διεστραμμένα, ὁρίζει δὲ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά· οὗτος κάμινός ἐστι κακίας.