Proverbs 8:6
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
KJV
Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent.
Vulgate
εἰσακούσατέ μου· σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ, καὶ ἀνοίσω ἀπὸ χειλέων ὀρθά.
LXX
Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
ASV
שִׁ֭מְעוּ כִּֽי נְגִידִ֣ים אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וּ/מִפְתַּ֥ח שְׂ֝פָתַ֗/י מֵישָׁרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 177×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מֵישָׁרִֽים
myshrym
noun · 19×
מַּפְתֵּ֖חַ
mptch
noun · 2×
נָגִ֔יד
ngyd
noun · 43×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§721Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts …
Cross-references
- Col 1:26 — Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
- Job 32:20 — I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
- Matt 7:28 — And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
- Prov 4:2 — For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- Prov 4:2 — For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
- Prov 4:11 — I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
- Prov 22:18 — For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- Prov 22:20 — Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- Prov 23:16 — Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Prov 23:16 — Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
- Ps 45:1 — My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.