Proverbs 10:21
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Death Die Feed Food Foolish Fools Heart Judgment Lips Need Nourish Righteous Sense Understanding Upright Want Wisdom
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English Standard Version
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

New American Standard Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding.

King James Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

International Standard Version
What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

NET Bible
The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The lips of the righteous multiply compassion and the insane will die in the deficiency of their mind.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The lips of a righteous person feed many, but stubborn fools die because they have no sense.

King James 2000 Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.

American King James Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

American Standard Version
The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Darby Bible Translation
The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

English Revised Version
The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Webster's Bible Translation
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

World English Bible
The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Young's Literal Translation
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
Lexicon
The lips
saphah  (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
of the righteous
tsaddiyq  (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
feed
ra`ah  (raw-aw')
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
many
rab  (rab)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
but fools
'eviyl  (ev-eel')
(figuratively) silly -- fool(-ish) (man).
die
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
for want
chacer  (khaw-sare')
lacking; hence, without -- destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
of wisdom
leb  (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
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