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Proverbs 16:28

NETBible	A perverse person¹ spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 16:28	A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 16:28	A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 16:28	A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 16:28	Troublemakers start fights; gossips break up friendships.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 16:28	A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 16:28	A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 16:28	A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
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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 © biblegateway Pro 16:28	A perverse <08419> man <0376> spreads <07971> strife <04066> , And a slanderer <07279> separates <06504> intimate <0441> friends <0441> .
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 person¹ spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.²

NET Notes

¹tn 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).

²tn 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 a.d. 1040-1105, took it in the later sense of “prince,” saying that such speech alienates the Prince, namely God. But that is a forced interpretation of the line.