Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)">376 [e] אִ֣ישׁ ’îš An man N-msc 1a) worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow 1b) wicked 1c) ruin, destruction (construct)">1100 [e] בְּ֭לִיַּעַל bə-lî-ya-‘al ungodly N-ms 1a) (Qal) to dig 1b) (Niphal) to be dug 2) (Qal) to give a banquet or feast 3) (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy">3738 [e] כֹּרֶ֣ה kō-reh digs up V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical)">7451 [e] רָעָ֑ה rā-‘āh; evil Adj-fs 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921 [e] וְעַל־ wə-‘al- and [it is] on Conj-w | Prep   [שפתיו] [śə-p̄ā-ṯāw - Noun - fdc :: third person masculine singular N-fdc | 3ms   ḵ]   1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)">8193 [e] (שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ) (p̄ā-ṯōw, his lips N-fsc | 3ms   q)   1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.)">784 [e] כְּאֵ֣שׁ kə-’êš like a fire Prep-k | N-cs 1) scab, scar of a sore adj 2) burning, scorching">6867 [e] צָרָֽבֶת׃ ṣā-rā-ḇeṯ. burning Adj-fs

New American Standard Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.

King James Bible
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

an ungodly man a man of Belial

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diggeth

Proverbs 2:4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

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Habakkuk 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor …

in

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