Proverbs 10:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׂפְתֵ֣י צַ֭דִּיק יֵדְע֣וּן רָצ֑וֹן וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

śiptêy ṣaddîq yēdəʿûn rāṣôn û-pî rəšāʿîm tahpukôt

Grammar Details

• *śiptêy*: feminine dual construct - lips of
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
• *yēdəʿûn*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - know
• *rāṣôn*: masculine singular noun - favor/acceptable things
• *û-pî*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - but mouth of
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
• *tahpukôt*: feminine plural noun - perversities/perverse things

Word Meanings

• *śiptêy*: lips/speech/words
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *yēdəʿûn*: know/understand/discern
• *rāṣôn*: favor/acceptance/goodwill/what is pleasing
• *pî*: mouth/speech/command
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers
• *tahpukôt*: perversities/perverse things/distortions

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 12:10 : 10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, [even] words of truth.
• Dan 4:27 : 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Titus 2:8 : 8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
• Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
• Prov 11:11 : 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
• Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
• Prov 15:28 : 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
• Prov 18:6-8 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
• Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.