NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A wicked doerra`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) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. International Standard Version Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk. NET Bible One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue. Aramaic Bible in Plain English An evil man listens to the lips of the wicked, and the righteous does not hear the tongue of the wicked. GOD'S WORD® Translation An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips. A liar opens his ears to a slanderous tongue. King James 2000 Bible A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. Links Proverbs 17:4Proverbs 17:4 NIV Proverbs 17:4 NLT Proverbs 17:4 ESV Proverbs 17:4 NASB Proverbs 17:4 KJV |
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