NETBible | A perverse person 1 spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends. 2 |
NIV © |
A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends. |
NASB © |
A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends. |
NLT © |
A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends. |
MSG © |
Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships. |
BBE © |
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends. |
NRSV © |
A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
NKJV © |
A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. |
KJV | A froward <08419> man <0376> soweth <07971> (8762) strife <04066>_: and a whisperer <05372> separateth <06504> (8688) chief friends <0441>_. {soweth: Heb. sendeth forth} |
NASB © |
A perverse <8419> man <376> spreads <7971> strife <4066> , And a slanderer <7279> separates <6504> intimate <441> friends .<441> |
LXXM | anhr <435> N-NSM skoliov <4646> A-NSM diapempetai {V-PMI-3S} kaka <2556> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ lampthra {N-ASM} dolou <1388> N-GSM purseuei {V-PAI-3S} kakoiv <2556> A-DPM kai <2532> CONJ diacwrizei {V-PAI-3S} filouv <5384> A-APM |
NET [draft] ITL | A perverse <08419> person <0376> spreads <07971> dissension <04066> , and a gossip <05372> separates <06504> the closest friends .<0441> |
HEBREW | Pwla <0441> dyrpm <06504> Ngrnw <05372> Nwdm <04066> xlsy <07971> twkpht <08419> sya (16:28) <0376> |
NETBible | A perverse person 1 spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends. 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “a man of perverse things”; NAB “an intriguer.” This refers to someone who destroys lives. The parallelism suggests that he is a “slanderer” or “gossip” – one who whispers and murmurs (18:8; 26:20, 22). 2 tn The term אַלּוּף (’aluf) refers to a “friend” or “an intimate associate.” The word has other possible translations, including “tame” or “docile” when used of animals. Rashi, a Jewish scholar who lived |