Matthew Henry · Verses 29–30
Some do all the mischief they can by force and violence, and are blind to the result.
Proverbs 16:30
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
BSB
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
KJV
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
ASV
He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
BBE
He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
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