Proverbs 6:13

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

11Then your poverty will come in like a drifter, And your need like an armed man. 12A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth, Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers; 14Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife. 15Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

Proverbs 6:13 word by word

קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָיו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑יו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• winksקָרַץqârats · to winkH7169
• with his eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• signalsמָלַלmâlal · to rubH4448
• with his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• pointsיָרָהyârâh yârâ' · to showH3384
• with his fingersאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:13

• Proverbs 5:6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
• Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes trouble, And a babbling fool will come to ruin.
• Job 15:12Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink,
• Psalms 35:19Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.

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

Topics related to Proverbs 6:13

• Falsehood
• Innuendo
• Strife
• Wicked (People)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Eye
• Finger (1)
• Foot
• Gesture
• Hezekiah (2)

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