To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things;
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things;
To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
The man that speaketh froward things - תהפכות tahpuchoth, things of subverston; from תפך taphach, to turn or change the course of a thing. Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression, deal greatly in broad assertions, and endeavor especially to corrupt the minds of youth.
The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only Proverbs 1:10-16, but all who leave the straight path and the open day for crooked ways, perverse counsels, deeds of darkness. "To delight etc." Proverbs 2:14 is the lowest depth of all.