Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
- KJV
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- WEB
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- ASV
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
- LSV
- Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, || And a man of understanding draws it up.
- YLT
- Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
- DBY
- Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
- DRC
- Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
- GNV
- The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath vnderstanding, will drawe it out.
- JPS
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- LXXE
- Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.
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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
- מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים עֵצָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנָ֣ה יִדְלֶֽנָּה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὕδωρ βαθὺ βουλὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρὸς, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἐξαντλήσει αὐτήν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 18:4The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- Psalms 64:6They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
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