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Proverbs 10:11

NETBible	The teaching¹ of the righteous is a fountain of life,² but the speech³ of the wicked conceals⁴ violence.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The words of the godly lead to life; evil people cover up their harmful intentions.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 10:11	The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 10:11	The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
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KJV	The mouth <06310> of a righteous <06662> [man is] a well <04726> of life <02416>_: but violence <02555> covereth <03680> (8762) the mouth <06310> of the wicked <07563>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 10:11	The mouth <06310> of the righteous <06662> is a fountain <04726> of life <02425> , But the mouth <06310> of the wicked <07563> conceals <03680> violence <02555> .
LXXM	phgh <4077> N-NSF zwhv <2222> N-GSF en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF dikaiou <1342> A-GSM stoma <4750> N-NSN de <1161> PRT asebouv <765> A-GSM kaluqei <2572> V-FAI-3S apwleia <684> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	The teaching <06310> of the righteous <06662> is a fountain <04726> of life <02416> , but the speech <06310> of the wicked <07563> conceals <03680> violence <02555> .
HEBREW	omx <02555> hoky <03680> Myesr <07563> ypw <06310> qydu <06662> yp <06310> Myyx <02416> rwqm (10:11) <04726>

NETBible

The teaching¹ of the righteous is a fountain of life,² but the speech³ of the wicked conceals⁴ violence.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “mouth.” The word “mouth” is metonymy of cause, representing what the righteous say and teach.

²tn Heb “a fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous” (NAB similar). The subject (“a fountain of life”) and the predicate (“the mouth of the righteous”) in the Hebrew text are reversed in the present translation (as in most English versions) for the sake of clarity and smoothness. The idea of this metaphor, “the fountain of life,” may come from Ps 36:9 (e.g., also Prov 13:14; 14:27; 16:22). What the righteous say is beneficial to life or life-giving. Their words are life-giving but the words of the wicked are violent. See R. B. Y. Scott, “Wise and Foolish, Righteous and Wicked,” VT 29 (1972): 145-65.

³tn Heb “the mouth.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech.

⁴tn Heb “covers.” Behind the speech of the wicked is aggressive violence (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 422).

⁵tn The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence” as the accusative direct object; however, the subject might be “violence,” hence: “violence covers the mouth of the wicked.”