An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
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.
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.
16:27 Diggeth up - Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry.His lips - His tongue is set on fire of hell.