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Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son

Proverbs 10:10

In 11 translations

BSB
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.Or babbling fools will fall
KJV
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.fall: Heb. be beaten
WEB
One who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
ASV
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
LSV
Whoever is winking the eye gives grief, || And a talkative fool kicks.
YLT
Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
DBY
He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
DRC
He that winketh with the eye shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
GNV
He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, and he yet is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.
JPS
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.
LXXE
He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; but he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
קֹ֣רֵֽץ עַ֭יִן יִתֵּ֣ן עַצָּ֑בֶת וֶאֱוִ֥יל שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יִלָּבֵֽט׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
LXX-Br
Ὁ ἐννεύων ὀφθαλμοῖς μετὰ δόλου, συνάγει ἀνδράσι λύπας· ὁ δὲ ἐλέγχων μετὰ παῤῥησίας, εἰρηνοποιεῖ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
  • Proverbs 6:13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
  • Proverbs 10:8A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
  • 3 John 1:10So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
  • Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Job 15:12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
  • Proverbs 18:6–7A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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