American Standard Version
Proverbs 6:13
13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet,That maketh signs with his fingers;
Proverbs 6:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- New International Version (NIV)who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
- English Standard Version (ESV)winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger,
- New King James Version (NKJV)He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;
Context of Proverbs 6:13
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. 12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers; 14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:13 word by word
קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָיו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑יו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:13
- Proverbs 5:6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, andshe knoweth it not.
- Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
- Job 15:12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
- Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers - These things seem to be spoken of debauchees, and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. Iib. i., El. iv., ver. 15, shoots the whole process of the villany spoken of by Solomon: Cum premit ille torum, vultu comes ipsa modesto Ibis, ut accumbas: clam mihi tange pedem. Me specta, nutusque meos, vultum que loquacem Excipe furtivas, et refer ipsa, notas. Verba superciliis…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Winking...speaking...pointing: These were signals used to deceive innocent people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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