משלי 16:27

Hebrew Modern Translation

איש בליעל כרה רעה ועל שפתיו כאש צרבת׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
בליעל כרה רעה ועל-שפתיו (שפתו) כאש צרבת

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־*שְׂפָתָיו **שְׂ֝פָתֹ֗ו כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל־ פָתוֹשְׂפָתָיו| כְּאֵשׁ צָרָֽבֶת ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

An ungodly man: Heb. a man of Belial, 1 Samuel 25:17, 2 Samuel 20:1

diggeth: Proverbs 2:4, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 17:15, Isaiah 5:18, Habakkuk 2:13

in: Psalms 52:2-4, Psalms 57:4, James 3:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:85 - The proud Psalms 120:4 - Sharp Proverbs 10:12 - Hatred Proverbs 16:30 - moving Proverbs 18:6 - fool's

Gill's Notes on the Bible

An ungodly man diggeth up evil,.... Or "a man of Belial" p, a worthless unprofitable man; a man without a yoke, not obedient to the law of God; such a man digs for sin as for a treasure; nor need he go far for it, he has enough in his own heart, out of the evil treasure of which he brings forth evil things; though he is more solicitious and diligent to search into the sins of others, and dig up them, which have long lain buried; as the Manichees raked up the sins of Austin in his youth; and as the Papists served Beza: but perhaps the evil of mischief is here rather intended, which a wicked man contrives and devises; a ditch he digs for others, though oftentimes he falls into it himself; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "digs evils for himself"; not intentionally but eventually; see Psalms 7:15;

and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire; his tongue is a fire, it is set on fire of hell, and it sets on fire the course of nature; and with its lies, calumnies, and detractions, devours and consumer the good names, characters, and credit of men; and deserves no other than sharp arrows of the Almighty, and coals of juniper; even the everlasting fire and flames of hell, James 3:6.

p איש בליעל "vir Belijahal", Montanus, Tigurine version, Mercerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat.

Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalms 7:15.

Proverbs 16:30

The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting the lips is the surest indication. Compare Proverbs 6:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil — How will the following suit?

Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum

"Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up

out the earth."

A wicked man labours as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones.

In his lips-a burning fire. — His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbours, as fire is in igniting dry stubble.