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Proverbs 16:27 Interlinear

“man An ungodly diggeth up evil and in his lips fire there is as a burning”

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Proverbs 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִ֣ישׁ	H376	man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
2	בְּ֭לִיַּעַל	H1100	An ungodly	without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
3	כֹּרֶ֣ה	H3738	diggeth up	properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
4	רָעָ֑ה	H7451	evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5	וְעַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6	שְׂ֝פָת֗יוֹ	H8193	and in his lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7	כְּאֵ֣שׁ	H784	fire	fire (literally or figuratively)
8	צָרָֽבֶת׃	H6867	there is as a burning	conflagration (of fire or disease)

Proverbs 16:27 (current)man An ungodly diggeth up evil and in his lips fire there is as a burning