Proverbs 26:22-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 Smooth[b] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(B)
24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly
- Proverbs 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning
Proverbs 26:22-24
English Standard Version
22 (A)The words of (B)a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23 (C)Like the (D)glaze[a] covering an earthen vessel
are fervent lips with an evil heart.
24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:23 By revocalization; Hebrew silver of dross
Proverbs 26:22-24
New King James Version
23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:22 gossip or slanderer
- Proverbs 26:22 A Jewish tradition wounds
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit. rooms of the belly
Proverbs 26:22-24
King James Version
22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
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