He shuts his eyes to devise fraudulent things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
He shuts his eyes to devise fraudulent things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: he that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
He shutteth his eyes to devise, etc. - He meditates deeply upon ways and means to commit sin. He shuts his eyes that he may shut out all other ideas, that his whole soul may be in this.
The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting the lips is the surest indication. Compare Proverbs 6:13.
16:30 Shutteth - That his thoughts may be more intent.Moving - Which is the gesture of one whose thoughts are deeply engaged.