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Proverbs 20:5
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KJ21
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
ASV
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
AMP
A plan (motive, wise counsel) in the heart of a man is like water in a deep well, But a man of understanding draws it out.
AMPC
Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out.
BRG
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
CSB
Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.
CSBA
Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water; but a person of understanding draws it out.
CEB
Advice comes from the deep waters of the heart; those with understanding can draw it out.
CJB
The heart’s real intentions are like deep water; but a person with discernment draws them out.
CEV
Someone's thoughts may be as deep as the ocean, but if you are smart, you will discover them.
DARBY
Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
DRA
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
ERV
Getting information from someone can be like getting water from a deep well. If you are smart, you will draw it out.
EASY
A person's thoughts are like deep waters. But a wise person can bring them into the open.
EHV
The intentions in a person’s heart are deep water, but a person with understanding can draw them out.
ESV
The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
ESVUK
The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
EXB
People’s ·thoughts [advice; purpose] can be like a deep ·well [L waters], but someone with understanding can ·find the wisdom there [draw it out].
GNV
The counsel in the heart of man is like deep waters: but a man that hath understanding, will draw it out.
GW
A motive in the human heart is like deep water, and a person who has understanding draws it out.
GNT
A person's thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out.
HCSB
Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; but a man of understanding draws it out.
ICB
Understanding a person’s thoughts is as hard as getting water from a deep well. But someone with understanding can find the wisdom there.
ISV
The intentions of a person’s heart are deep waters, but a discerning person reveals them.
JUB
¶ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of intelligence will draw it out.
KJV
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
AKJV
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
LSB
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of discernment draws it out.
LEB
Deep waters are like purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.
TLB
Though good advice lies deep within a counselor’s heart, the wise man will draw it out.
MSG
Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within.
MEV
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
NOG
A motive in the human heart is like deep water, and a person who has understanding draws it out.
NABRE
The intention of the human heart is deep water, but the intelligent draw it forth.
NASB
A plan in the heart of a person is like deep water, But a person of understanding draws it out.
NASB1995
A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of understanding draws it out.
NCB
The purpose of a man’s heart is like deep water, but a discerning person will draw it out.
NCV
People’s thoughts can be like a deep well, but someone with understanding can find the wisdom there.
NET
Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.
NIRV
The purposes of a person’s heart are like deep water. But one who has understanding brings them out.
NIV
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
NIVUK
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
NKJV
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
NLV
The plan in a man’s heart is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding gets it out.
NLT
Though good advice lies deep within the heart, a person with understanding will draw it out.
NRSVA
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
NRSVACE
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
NRSVCE
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
NRSVUE
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
OJB
Etzah (purpose; see Yn 2:24-25 ) in the lev ish is like deep mayim, but an ish tevunah will draw it out.
RGT
The counsel in the heart of man is like deep waters. But a man who has understanding will draw it out.
RSV
The purpose in a man’s mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
RSVCE
The purpose in a man’s mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
TLV
The intent of a man’s heart is deep water, but a man of insight draws it out.
VOICE
The real motives come from deep within a person—as from deep waters— but a discerning person is able to draw them up and expose them.
WEB
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
WYC
As deep water, so counsel is in the heart of a man; but a wise man shall draw it out. (Advice in a person’s heart can be like deep water/can be as deep as the water; but a wise person shall draw it out.)
YLT
Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
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