Proverbs 10:10
Context| NETBible | The one who winks 1 his 2 eye causes 3 trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness 4 will come to ruin. |
| XREF | Job 15:12; Ps 35:19; Pr 6:13; Pr 10:8; Pr 18:6,7,21; 3Jo 1:10 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The term (קָרַץ, qarats) describes a person who habitually “winks” his eye maliciously as a secretive sign to those conspiring evil (Prov 6:13). This is a comparison rather than a contrast. Devious gestures are grievous, but not as ruinous as foolish talk. Both are to be avoided. 2 tn Heb “the eye.” 3 tn Heb “gives.” 4 tn Heb “the fool of lips”; cf. NASB “a babbling fool.” The phrase is a genitive of specification: “a fool in respect to lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause (= lips) for effect (= speech). The word for fool (אֶוִיל, ’evil) refers to someone who despises knowledge and discernment. |
