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Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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פִּֽיpiedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…כְ֭סִילkhesilfoolכְּסִילadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “fool”, the ordinary formH3684properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyfool(-ish).מְחִתָּהmechitahruinמְחִתָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “ruin”, the ordinary formH4288properly, a dissolution; concretely, a ruin, or (abstractly) consternationdestruction, dismaying, ruin, terror.ל֑וֹlvotoל֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toוּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יוusefatayvand languageשָׂפָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and 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.מוֹקֵ֥שׁmoqeshsnareמוֹקֵשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “snare”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.נַפְשֽׁוֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

World English Bible

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Darby Translation

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Douay-Rheims

The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Στόμα ἄφρονος συντριβὴ αὐτῷ, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτοῦ παγὶς τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ.