Proverbs 4:24

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Proverbs 4:24 tn Heb “crookedness.” The noun עִקְּשׁוּת (ʿiqq^eshut) refers to what is morally twisted or perverted. Here it refers to things that are said (cf. NAB “dishonest talk”; NRSV “crooked speech”). The term “mouth” functions as a metonymy of cause for perverse speech. Such perverse talking could be subtle or blatant.
2. Proverbs 4:24 tn Heb “crookedness of mouth.”
3. Proverbs 4:24 tn Heb “deviousness of lips put far from you.”