Proverbs 13:2

NETBible

From the fruit of his speech 1  a person eats good things, 2  but the faithless 3  desire 4  the fruit of violence. 5 

NIV ©

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence.

NASB ©

From the fruit of a man’s mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.

NLT ©

Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence.

MSG ©

The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life.

BBE ©

A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.

NRSV ©

From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

NKJV ©

A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.

KJV
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but the soul
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NASB ©
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NET [draft] ITL
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HEBREW
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NETBible

From the fruit of his speech 1  a person eats good things, 2  but the faithless 3  desire 4  the fruit of violence. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “lips” (so NIV); KJV “mouth.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what the lips produce: speech.

2 tn Heb “he eats [what is] good.”

3 tn Heb “the desire of the faithless.” The noun “faithless” is a subjective genitive: “the faithless desire….”

4 tn The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, traditionally “soul”) has a broad range of meanings, and here denotes “appetite” (e.g., Ps 17:9; Prov 23:3; Eccl 2:24; Isa 5:14; Hab 2:5; BDB 660 s.v. 5.c) or (2) “desire” (e.g., Deut 12:20; Prov 13:4; 19:8; 21:10; BDB 660 s.v. 6.a).

5 tn Heb “violence.” The phrase “the fruit of” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the parallelism. The term “violence” is probably a metonymy of cause: “violence” represents what violence gains – ill-gotten gains resulting from violent crime. The wicked desire what does not belong to them.

5 tc The LXX reads “the souls of the wicked perish untimely.” The MT makes sense as it stands.