Proverbs 16:27
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Berean Study Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Young's Literal Translation
A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips—as a burning fire.

King James Bible
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

Hebrew
A worthless
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל (bə·lî·ya·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness

man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

digs up
כֹּרֶ֣ה (kō·reh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

evil,
רָעָ֑ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

and his speech
שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ (p̄ā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

is like a scorching
צָרָֽבֶת׃ (ṣā·rā·ḇeṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6867: Scab, scar (of a sore)

fire.
כְּאֵ֣שׁ (kə·’êš)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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