Proverbs 10:32
32 The lips of the righteous know ▼
▼sn The verb “know” applied to “lips” is unusual. “Lips” is a metonymy for what the righteous say; and their words “know” (a personification) what is pleasing, i.e., they are acquainted with.
what is pleasing, ▼▼sn The righteous say what is pleasing, acceptable, or delightful, but the wicked say perverse and destructive things.
but the speech ▼
▼tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what is said.
of the wicked is perverse.
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