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Proverbs 23:16

Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָהvetalozenahand rejoiceעָלַזconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and rejoice”, an unfinished actionH5937to jump for joy, i.e. exultbe joyful, rejoice, triumph.כִלְיוֹתָ֑יkhilyotaykidneysכִּלְיָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “kidneys”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)kidneys, reins.בְּדַבֵּ֥רbedaberin speakדָבַרpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “in speak”, the to-form of the verbH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָsefateykhalanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd 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.מֵישָׁרִֽיםmeysharimagreementמֵישָׁרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “agreement”, the ordinary formH4339evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

Young’s Literal Translation

And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

World English Bible

Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Darby Translation

and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

Douay-Rheims

And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yea, my reins will rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐνδιατρίψει λόγοις τὰ σὰ χείλη πρὸς τὰ ἐμὰ χείλη ἐὰν ὀρθὰ ὦσι.