⁴ tn Heb “lips.”

¹ tn Heb “lip of the tongue.”

¹ tn Heb “lips” (so NIV); KJV “mouth.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what the lips produce: speech.

³ tn Heb “from a lip of falsehood.”

² tn Heb “and your lips from speaking deception.”

² tn Heb whatever proceeds from her lips.”

² tn “a lip of excess.” The term “lip” is a metonymy for what is said.

³ tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what is said.

² tn Or “his lips as he falls asleep.” Heb “the lips of sleepers.” Alternately, “over lips and teeth” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

¹ tn Heb “on the lips” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for the words spoken by the lips.

¹ tn Heb “deep of lip” (in the sense of incomprehensible).

¹ tn Heb “the lips of my assailants and their thoughts.”

³ tn Heb “and with their lips they honor me.”

³ tn Heb “and among a nation unclean of lips I live.”

² tn Heb “lips of knowledge.” The term “lips” is a metonymy for speaking, and “knowledge” could be either an attributive genitive or objective genitive: “knowledgeable lips.” Lips that impart knowledge are the true jewel to be sought.

² tn Heb “lips of lying.” The genitive שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “lying”) functions as an attributive genitive: “lying lips.” The term “lips” functions as a synecdoche of part (= lips) for the whole (= person): “a liar.”

³ tn Heb “smoothness of her lips”; cf. NAB “smooth lips”; NASB “flattering lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause representing what she says. The noun חֵלֶק (kheleq) “smoothness” is the counterpart to the verb “flatter” is 7:5.

³ tn Heb “deviousness of lips put far from you.”

³ tn Heb “and [with] lips of joy my mouth praises.”

³ tn Heb “Look! My lips I do not restrain.”