Proverbs 18:4

In 11 translations

BSB

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

KJV

The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

WEB

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

ASV

The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

LSV

The words of a man’s mouth [are] deep waters, || The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.

YLT

Deep waters [are] the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.

DBY

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

DRC

Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.

GNV

The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

JPS

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; a flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.

LXXE

A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, and a river and fountain of life spring forth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי־אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חָכְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὕδωρ βαθὺ λόγος ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρὸς, ποταμὸς δὲ ἀναπηδύει καὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 20:5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
• Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
• John 7:38–39Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not…
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
• Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
• Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

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