Proverbs 20:5
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
- KJV
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- WEB
- Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- ASV
- Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
- DARBY
- Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
- BLB
- Counsel in the heart of man [is] deep waters, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
- ÅB
- Tankene i en manns hjerte er et dypt vann, men en forstandig mann drar det opp.
- OTB
- Planene i en persons hjerte er som dype vann, men en med forståelse drar dem ut.
- B1930
- Tankene i en manns hjerte er et dypt vann, men en forstandig mann drar det op.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:11
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Read in contextPsalms 64:6
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
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