King James Version
Proverbs 6:13 in the King James Version says “He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;”
Proverbs 6:13 · KJV
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord . soweth: Heb. casteth forth
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He winketh”
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
“with his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“with his feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“he teacheth”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“with his fingers”
H676something to sieze with, i.e., a finger; by analogy, a toe
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