Proverbs 10:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.”

Proverbs 10:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 10:207 words

HebrewMeaning

כֶּ֣סֶףkesep

moneynounH3701

price · silver

נִ֭בְחָרnibəḥār

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

לְשׁ֣וֹןləšwōn

baynounH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

צַדִּ֑יקṣadiyq

justadjH6662

lawful · righteous

לֵ֖בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

כִּ/מְעָֽטkiməʿāṭ

almost (somepronH4592

very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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