Proverbs 16:27
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
American King James Version (AKJV)
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Webster's Revision
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
World English Bible
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Clarke's Proverbs 16:27 Bible Commentary
An ungodly man diggeth up evil - How will the following suit?
Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum
"Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up out the earth."
A wicked man labors as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones.
In his lips - a burning fire - His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbors, as fire is in igniting dry stubble.
Barnes's Proverbs 16:27 Bible Commentary
The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the "man of Belial," stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat.
Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalm 7:15.
Wesley's Proverbs 16:27 Bible Commentary
16:27 Diggeth up - Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry.His lips - His tongue is set on fire of hell.