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Complete Jewish Bible

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are for the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Malice;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Saints;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Justice;   Speech/communication;   Violence;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Head;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Violence;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Head;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gesture;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Hebrew Names Version
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
King James Version
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
English Standard Version
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
New American Standard Bible
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
New Century Version
Good people will have rich blessings, but the wicked will be overwhelmed by violence.
New English Translation
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
Amplified Bible
Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God], But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
World English Bible
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessings are vpon the head of the righteous: but iniquitie shall couer the mouth of the wicked.
Legacy Standard Bible
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,But the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.
Berean Standard Bible
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Contemporary English Version
Everyone praises good people, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.
Darby Translation
Blessings are upon the head of a righteous [man]; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Easy-to-Read Version
People say good things about those who live right, but the words of the wicked only hide their violent plans.
George Lamsa Translation
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; but iniquity covers the mouth of the wicked.
Good News Translation
Good people will receive blessings. The words of the wicked hide a violent nature.
Lexham English Bible
Blessings belong to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Literal Translation
Blessings are on the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous, but ye fore heade of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
American Standard Version
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Bible in Basic English
Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
King James Version (1611)
Blessings are vpon the head of the iust: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
English Revised Version
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The blessing of God is ouer the heed of a iust man; but wickidnesse hilith the mouth of wickid men.
Update Bible Version
Blessings are on the head of the righteous; But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Webster's Bible Translation
Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
New King James Version
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
New Living Translation
The godly are showered with blessings; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.
New Life Bible
Good things are given to those who are right with God, but the mouth of the sinful hides trouble.
New Revised Standard
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Revised Standard Version
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Young's Literal Translation
Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
THE MESSAGE
Blessings accrue on a good and honest life, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Contextual Overview

6 Blessings are for the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Blessings: Proverbs 11:26, Proverbs 24:25, Proverbs 28:20, Deuteronomy 28:2, Job 29:13, 2 Timothy 1:16-18

violence: Proverbs 10:11, Esther 7:8, Psalms 107:42, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:1 - thee Psalms 140:9 - let the mischief Proverbs 21:7 - robbery

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Kena‘an, saw his father shamefully exposed, went out and told his two brothers.
Genesis 10:8
Kush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful ruler on earth.
Genesis 10:16
the Y'vusi, the Emori, the Girgashi,
1 Chronicles 4:40
They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham.
Psalms 78:51
striking all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Psalms 105:23
Then Isra'el too came into Egypt, Ya‘akov lived as an alien in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:27
They worked his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms 106:22
wonders in the land of Ham, fearsome deeds by the Sea of Suf.
Isaiah 11:11
On that day Adonai will raise his hand again, a second time, to reclaim the remnant of his people who remain from Ashur, Egypt, Patros, Ethiopia, ‘Eilam, Shin‘ar, Hamat and the islands in the sea.
Jeremiah 46:9
Charge, horses! Full speed ahead, chariots! Let the warriors attack! — Kush and Put, bearing their shields, and the Ludim, strung bows in hand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just,.... That seeks for righteousness, not by the works of the law, but by faith; that lives by faith upon the righteousness of Christ, and is justified by it, made, accounted, and reckoned just through it; and, in consequence of his faith, does justly, and lives soberly, righteously, and godly: upon his "head", who is Christ, blessings are; for he is "the head of every [such] man", 1 Corinthians 11:3; not the pope of Rome, but Christ, is head of the church; he is the representative and federal head of all the elect, both in eternity and time; he is a political head to them, as a king is to his subjects; an economical one, as the husband is the head of the wife, a father the head of his family, and a master the head of his servants; and he is in such sense a head to them as a natural head is to its body; he is of the same nature with them, superior to them, a perfect, only, everliving, and everlasting head. Upon him all the blessings of grace and goodness are; his people are blessed with them in him, their head, Ephesians 1:3; and from him they descend to them, the members of his body, just as the oil on Aaron's head ran down his beard to the skirts of his garments. So in an ancient writing of the Jews y, this passage being mentioned, it is asked, Who is the head of the righteous? The answer is, the middle pillar; by whom they seem to mean a middle person, the Mediator, the Messiah. Or else, a part being put for the whole, the meaning is, that blessings are upon the persons of righteous ones, as the word is used in Proverbs 11:26; the Targum renders it,

"the heads of the righteous.''

All covenant blessings, spiritual ones, such as are blessings indeed, solid and substantial, irreversible, and for ever; particularly a justifying righteousness, from whence they are denominated just; pardon of sin, peace of soul, every sanctifying grace, the blessing of adoption, and a right to eternal life: these being said to be on the "head" of them, may denote that they come from above, and descend in a way of grace upon them; that they are visible and manifest; that they reside, continue, and remain upon them; that they are as an ornament and crown unto them; and that they are a security of them that no wrath and vengeance can fall upon them. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, read, "the blessing of the Lord [is] upon the head of the just"; and such are all the blessings before mentioned;

but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked; that is, either his violent dealings are open and manifest, and are a scandal to him, as well as entail a curse on him; or rather the fruit and effect of his violence and oppression, the punishment due thereunto, is so righteously inflicted on him, that his mouth is stopped, and he has not one word to say against the just judgments of God upon him, for his violent usage of men, whether here or hereafter; see Psalms 107:42. Some render the words, "the mouth of the wicked covereth violence" z; palliates and excuses it, and calls it by another name; or hides and conceals that which is in the heart, and does not utter it; see

Proverbs 10:18. The Targum is,

"in the mouth of the wicked rapine is covered;''

as a sweet morsel under their tongue, though in the end bitterness.

y Tikkune Zohar. Correct. 47. fol. 87. 2. z פי רשעים יכסה חמס "os impiorum operiet injuriam", Montanus, Baynus; "operit iniquitem", Vatablus, Mercerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Covereth ... - The meaning is perhaps, the violence which the wicked has done is as a bandage over his mouth, reducing him to a silence and shame, like that of the leper Leviticus 13:45; Micah 3:7 or the condemned criminal Esther 7:8, whose “face is covered.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 10:6. Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — As blessings shall be on the head of the just, so the violence of the wicked shall cover their face with shame and confusion. Their own violent dealings shall be visited upon them. The mouth forsoth of unpitious men wickidnesse covereth. - Old MS. Bible. "The forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous."-Coverdale.


 
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