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Myles Coverdale Bible

Proverbs 6:18

an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Falsehood;   False Teachers;   Heart;   Imagination;   Malice;   Sin;   Speaking;   Strife;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Activity;   Devices, Evil;   Evil;   Feet;   Imagination, Evil;   Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Plans and Devices of Men;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Discord;   Hate;   Heart;   Lying/lies;   Mischief;   Pride/arrogance;   Violence;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feet, the;   Heart, Character of the Unrenewed;   Lying;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hatred;   Heart;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Hate, Hatred;   Imagination;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Games;   Imagination;   Proverbs, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ethics;   Godliness;   Numbers and Numerals;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a heart that plots wicked schemes,feet eager to run to evil,
Hebrew Names Version
A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
King James Version
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
English Standard Version
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
New Century Version
a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil,
New English Translation
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,
Amplified Bible
A heart that creates wicked plans, Feet that run swiftly to evil,
New American Standard Bible
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,
World English Bible
A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Geneva Bible (1587)
An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
Legacy Standard Bible
A heart that devises wicked thoughts,Feet that hasten to run to evil,
Berean Standard Bible
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Contemporary English Version
those who make evil plans or are quick to do wrong,
Complete Jewish Bible
a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,
Darby Translation
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
Easy-to-Read Version
hearts that plan evil things to do, feet that run to do evil,
George Lamsa Translation
A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,
Literal Translation
a heart that plots evil plans, feet hurrying to run to mischief,
American Standard Version
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Bible in Basic English
A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;
King James Version (1611)
An heart that deuiseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischiefe:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —are hateful to God.
English Revised Version
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel,
Update Bible Version
A heart that devises wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Webster's Bible Translation
A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
New King James Version
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,
New Living Translation
a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,
New Life Bible
a heart that makes sinful plans, feet that run fast to sin,
New Revised Standard
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
Douay-Rheims Bible
A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
Revised Standard Version
a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
Young's Literal Translation
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

Contextual Overview

12 A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth: 13 he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poynteth wt his fyngers, 14 he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde. 15 Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely vpo him, sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and not be healed. 16 There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: 17 A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude, 18 an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe, 19 a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heart: Proverbs 24:8, Genesis 6:5, Psalms 36:4, Jeremiah 4:14, Micah 2:1, Zechariah 8:17

feet: Proverbs 1:16, Isaiah 59:7, Romans 3:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:4 - But Psalms 52:1 - mischief Proverbs 3:29 - Devise not evil Proverbs 6:14 - he deviseth Proverbs 12:2 - a man Proverbs 14:17 - a man Ezekiel 38:10 - think an evil thought Zechariah 7:10 - imagine

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
This is ye generacion of Noe. Noe was a righteous and parfecte ma, and led a godly life in his tyme,
Genesis 6:16
A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate: but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it: And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another.
Genesis 7:1
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Noe: Go in to the Arcke thou & thy whole house: for the haue I sene righteous before me at this tyme.
Genesis 7:7
And he wente in to the Arcke, with his sonnes, his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues, for the waters of the floude.
Genesis 7:13
Vpon the selfe same daye wete Noe into the Arcke, with Sem, Ham and Iaphet his sonnes, and with his wyfe, and the thre wyues of his sonnes,
Genesis 17:4
Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.
Genesis 17:7
Morouer I wil make my couenaut betwene me and the, and thy sede after the thorow out their posterities, that it maye be an euerlastinge couenaunt, so that I wyll be the God of the, and of thy sede after the.
Genesis 17:21
But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth.
Isaiah 26:20
So go now my people in to thy chabre, and shut the doore to the, and suffre now ye twicklinge of an eye, till the wrath be ouerpast
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noe honoured God, after yt he was warned of thinges which were not sene, & prepared the Arke, to ye sauinge of his housholde: thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde, and became heyre of the righteousnes, which commeth by faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,.... Or, "thoughts of wickedness" e; which are framed and formed in the heart: and this being the source and fountain of all wickedness, is placed in the midst of these hateful and abominable things; :-; evil thoughts and designs, both against God and men, are intended, which are forged and fabricated in the wicked heart of man; and may respect the depths of Satan in the antichristian beast of Rome, Revelation 2:24;

feet that be swift in running to mischief; to commit all manner of sin with greediness, especially murder; see Proverbs 1:16.

e מחשבות און "cogitationes iniquitatis", Montanus; "cogitationes vanitatis", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A new section, but not a new subject. The closing words, “he that soweth discord” (Proverbs 6:19, compare Proverbs 6:14), lead us to identify the sketch as taken from the same character. With the recognized Hebrew form of climax (see Proverbs 30:15, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:24; Amos 1:1-15; Amos 2:0; Job 5:19), the teacher here enumerates six qualities as detestable, and the seventh as worse than all (seven represents completeness), but all the seven in this instance belong to one man, the man of Belial Proverbs 6:12.


 
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