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Proverbs 10:32

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10:32 The lips of the righteous know 1  what is pleasing, 2 

but the speech 3  of the wicked is perverse.

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[10:32]  1 sn The verb “know” applied to “lips” is unusual. “Lips” is a metonymy for what the righteous say; and their words “know” (a personification) what is pleasing, i.e., they are acquainted with.

[10:32]  2 sn The righteous say what is pleasing, acceptable, or delightful; but the wicked say perverse and destructive things.

[10:32]  3 tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what is said.



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