Proverbi 16:27

La Nuova Diodati

Luomo malvagio macchina il male e sulle sue labbra c come un fuoco ardente.

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
L’uomo cattivo va scavando ad altri del male, sulle sue labbra c’è come un fuoco divorante.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
L’uomo scellerato apparecchia del male; E in su le sue labbra vi è come un fuoco ardente.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

An ungodly man: Heb. a man of Belial, 1 Samuel 25:17, 2 Samuel 20:1

diggeth: Proverbs 2:4, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 17:15, Isaiah 5:18, Habakkuk 2:13

in: Psalms 52:2-4, Psalms 57:4, James 3:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:85 - The proud Psalms 120:4 - Sharp Proverbs 10:12 - Hatred Proverbs 16:30 - moving Proverbs 18:6 - fool's

Gill's Notes on the Bible

An ungodly man diggeth up evil,.... Or "a man of Belial" p, a worthless unprofitable man; a man without a yoke, not obedient to the law of God; such a man digs for sin as for a treasure; nor need he go far for it, he has enough in his own heart, out of the evil treasure of which he brings forth evil things; though he is more solicitious and diligent to search into the sins of others, and dig up them, which have long lain buried; as the Manichees raked up the sins of Austin in his youth; and as the Papists served Beza: but perhaps the evil of mischief is here rather intended, which a wicked man contrives and devises; a ditch he digs for others, though oftentimes he falls into it himself; and so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "digs evils for himself"; not intentionally but eventually; see Psalms 7:15;

and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire; his tongue is a fire, it is set on fire of hell, and it sets on fire the course of nature; and with its lies, calumnies, and detractions, devours and consumer the good names, characters, and credit of men; and deserves no other than sharp arrows of the Almighty, and coals of juniper; even the everlasting fire and flames of hell, James 3:6.

p איש בליעל "vir Belijahal", Montanus, Tigurine version, Mercerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat.

Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalms 7:15.

Proverbs 16:30

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil — How will the following suit?

Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum

"Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up

out the earth."

A wicked man labours as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones.

In his lips-a burning fire. — His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbours, as fire is in igniting dry stubble.