Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
KJV
Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri ; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
Vulgate
ὕδωρ βαθὺ βουλὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρός, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἐξαντλήσει αὐτήν.
LXX
Counsel in the heart of man islikedeep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
ASV
מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים עֵצָ֣ה בְ/לֶב אִ֑ישׁ וְ/אִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנָ֣ה יִדְלֶֽ/נָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
י
y
noun · 591×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×
תִּדְלֶ֗נָה
tdlnh
verb · 5×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
- Prov 18:4 — The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Rom 8:39 — Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.