Proverbs 17:4
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NASB ©HebrewTransliterationStrong'sDefinitionOrigin
An evildoerמֵ֭רַעme·ra7489ato be evil, baddenominative verb from ra
listensמַקְשִׁ֣יבmak·shiv7181to incline (ears), attenda prim. root
to wickedאָ֑וֶןa·ven;205trouble, sorrow, wickednessfrom an unused word
lips;שְׂפַת־se·fat-8193lip, speech, edgefrom an unused word
A liarשֶׁ֥קֶרshe·ker8267deception, disappointment, falsehoodfrom an unused word
pays attentionמֵ֝זִיןme·zin238to give ear, listena denominative verb from the same as ozen
to a destructiveהַוֹּֽת׃hav·vot.1942desire, chasm, destructionfrom havah
tongue.לְשֹׁ֥וןle·sho·vn3956tonguefrom an unused word
KJV Lexicon
A wicked doer
ra`a`  (raw-ah')
to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
giveth heed
qashab  (kaw-shab')
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken -- attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
to false.
'aven  (aw-ven')
to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
lips
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
and a liar
sheqer  (sheh'-ker)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial) -- without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
giveth ear
'azan  (aw-zan')
probably to expand; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
to a naughty
havvah  (hav-vaw')
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin -- calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
tongue
lashown  (law-shone')
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
New American Standard (©1995)
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

King James Bible
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

American King James Version
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.

American Standard Version
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Darby Bible Translation
The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

English Revised Version
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Webster's Bible Translation
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

World English Bible
An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Young's Literal Translation
An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

משלי 17:4 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־שְׂפַת־אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר מֵ֝זִין עַל־לְשֹׁ֥ון הַוֹּֽת׃

משלי 17:4 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
מרע מקשיב על־שפת־און שקר מזין על־לשון הות׃

משלי 17:4 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
מרע מקשיב על־שפת־און שקר מזין על־לשון הות׃

משלי 17:4 Hebrew Bible
מרע מקשיב על שפת און שקר מזין על לשון הות׃

Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
malus oboedit linguae iniquae et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus

Attention Attentive Damaging Deceit Destructive Doer Ear Evil Evildoer Evil-doer Falsehood Gives Giveth Giving Heed Heeds Iniquitous Liar Lips Listens Malicious Mischievous Naughty Pays Tongue Vanity Wicked Wrongdoer

Attention Attentive Damaging Deceit Destructive Doer Ear Evil Evildoer Evil-Doer False. Falsehood Gives Heed Heeds Iniquitous Lips Malicious Mischievous Naughty Pays Tongue Vanity Wicked Wrongdoer

Attention Attentive Damaging Deceit Destructive Doer Ear Evil Evildoer Evil-Doer False. Falsehood Gives Heed Heeds Iniquitous Lips Malicious Mischievous Naughty Pays Tongue Vanity Wicked Wrongdoer

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