King James Version
Proverbs 16:30 in the King James Version says “He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”
Proverbs 16:30 · KJV
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“to devise”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“moving”
H7169to pinch, i.e., (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a
“his lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“he bringeth”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
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