Proverbs 13:2
ContextNETBible | 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 © biblegateway Pro 13:2 |
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence. |
NASB © biblegateway Pro 13:2 |
From the fruit of a man’s mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence. |
NLT © biblegateway Pro 13:2 |
Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence. |
MSG © biblegateway Pro 13:2 |
The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life. |
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 13:2 |
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 13:2 |
From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing. |
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 13:2 |
A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence. |
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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. |