Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
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BBE Proverbs 10:10

He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.
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DARBY Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
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KJV Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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WBT Proverbs 10:10


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WEB Proverbs 10:10

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, But a chattering fool will fall.
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YLT Proverbs 10:10

Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - He that winketh with the eye (Proverbs 6:13). This is a sign of craft, malice, and complicity with other wicked comrades. Ecclus. 27:22, "He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil." Causeth sorrow (Proverbs 15:13). He causes trouble and vexation by his cunning and secrecy. A prating fool (as Ver. 8). The two clauses are intended to teach that the garrulous fool is even more certain to bring ruin on himself and others than the crafty plotter. The Septuagint and Syriac have changed the latter clause into a sentence supposed to be more forcibly antithetical, "He who reproveth with boldness maketh peace." But there are sentences not strictly antithetical in this chapter, e.g. vers. 18, 22 (comp. Proverbs 11:10).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) Causeth sorrow to the person who is the butt of his ridicule, or against whom his malice is directed.