Proverbs 16:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־*שפתיו **שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃

Transliteration

ʾîš bᵉliyyaʿal kōreh rāʿāh and-on-śᵉpātô like-ʾēš ṣārāḇet

Grammar Details

• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular construct - man of
• *bᵉliyyaʿal*: noun, masculine, singular - worthlessness/wickedness
• *kōreh*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - digs/plots
• *rāʿāh*: noun, feminine, singular - evil/harm/misfortune
• *wᵉ*: conjunction - and
• *ʿal*: preposition - on/upon
• *śᵉpātô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lip/speech
• *kᵉ*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾēš*: noun, feminine, singular - fire
• *ṣārāḇet*: noun, feminine, singular - burning/scorching

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš bᵉliyyaʿal*: worthless man/wicked person/scoundrel
• *kōreh rāʿāh*: digs evil/plots harm/devises mischief
• *ṣārāḇet*: burning/scorching/consuming fire

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
• 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
• 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
• Ps 17:14-15 : 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest{H8804)} evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak{H8763)} righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou lovest{H8804)} all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
• Prov 6:12 : 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
• Prov 6:14 : 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
• Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?