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Proverbs 10:18

King James Version (KJV)

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He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

Proverbs 10:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 10:18

Theological / Devotional

Lying lips. The first sentence may also be translated, "He who concealeth hatred is of lying lips." The one who harbors hatred in his heart frequently practices deception and dissimulation.

As it stands this verse is an example of synthetic parallelism (see p. 24). The construction is unnatural in a series of antithetic parallelisms. The LXX preserves this latter construction by its reading, "Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish."

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