The Meaning of Proverbs 16:27 Explained

Proverbs 16:27

KJV: An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

YLT: A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

Darby: A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

ASV: A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

An ungodly  man  diggeth up  evil:  and in his lips  [there is] as a burning  fire. 

What does Proverbs 16:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:27 mean?

An man ungodly digs up evil and [it is] on - his lips like a fire burning
אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־ [שפתיו] (שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ) כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת

אִ֣ישׁ  An  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל  ungodly 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּלִיַּעַל  
Sense: worthlessness.
כֹּרֶ֣ה  digs  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כּוּר 
Sense: to dig, excavate, dig through.
רָעָ֑ה  evil 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
וְעַל־  and  [it  is]  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
[שפתיו]  - 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
(שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ)  his  lips 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
כְּאֵ֣שׁ  like  a  fire 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
צָרָֽבֶת  burning 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: צָרָב 
Sense: scab, scar of a sore adj.