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Proverbs 17:20

NETBible	The one who has a perverse heart¹ does not find good,² and the one who is deceitful in speech³ falls into trouble.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:20	A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:20	He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:20	The crooked heart will not prosper; the twisted tongue tumbles into trouble.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:20	A bad motive can't achieve a good end; double-talk brings you double trouble.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:20	Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:20	The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:20	He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
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KJV	He that hath a froward <06141> heart <03820> findeth <04672> (8799) no good <02896>_: and he that hath a perverse <02015> (8738) tongue <03956> falleth <05307> (8799) into mischief <07451>_. {He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:20	He who <06141> has <06141> a crooked <06141> mind <03820> finds <04672> no <03808> good <02896> , And he who is perverted <02015> in his language <03956> falls <05307> into evil <07463> .
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT sklhrokardiov {A-NSM} ou <3364> ADV sunanta <4876> V-PAI-3S agayoiv <18> A-DPM anhr <435> N-NSM eumetabolov {A-NSM} glwssh <1100> N-DSF empeseitai <1706> V-FMI-3S eiv <1519> PREP kaka <2556> A-APN
NET [draft] ITL	The one who has a perverse <06141> heart <03820> does not <03808> find <04672> good <02896> , and the one who is deceitful <02015> in speech <03956> falls <05307> into trouble <07451> .
HEBREW	herb <07451> lwpy <05307> wnwslb <03956> Kphnw <02015> bwj <02896> aumy <04672> al <03808> bl <03820> sqe (17:20) <06141>

NETBible

The one who has a perverse heart¹ does not find good,² and the one who is deceitful in speech³ falls into trouble.

NET Notes

¹tn The verse parallels two descriptions of the wicked person: “crooked/perverse of heart” (genitive of specification), and “turned away in his tongue” (deceitful). The first phrase describes twisted intentions. The second, using the Niphal participle (“one turned away”) with “tongue,” the metonymy of cause, describes one who has turned away from speaking truth. Cf. NLT “the twisted tongue tumbles into trouble.”

²tn The phrase “does not find good” is a figure (tapeinosis) meaning, “will experience calamity.” The wicked person can expect trouble ahead.

³tn Heb “tongue”; NIV “whose tongue is deceitful.”