Warnings against Foolishness
Proverbs 6:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
- KJV
- He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- WEB
- who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
- ASV
- That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
- LSV
- Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, || Directing with his fingers,
- YLT
- Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
- DBY
- he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- DRC
- He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
- GNV
- He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers.
- JPS
- That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;
- LXXE
- And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.
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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.
Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): בְּ֭עֵינוֹ (“with eye his”). Read aloud (Qere): בְּ֭עֵינָיו (“with eyes his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): בְּרַגְלוֹ (“with foot his”). Read aloud (Qere): בְּרַגְלָ֑יו (“with feet his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads בְּ֭עֵינָו; read aloud (Qere) reads בְּ֭עֵינָיו (“with eyes his”).
- Leningrad Codex reads בְּרַגְלָ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads בְּרַגְלָ֑יו (“with feet his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ δʼ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ, σημαίνει δὲ ποδὶ, διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασι δακτύλων.
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.
- Job 15:12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
- Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 5:6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).