This translation is from the New Jerusalem Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text.
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A scoundrel, a vicious man, he goes with a leer on his lips, 13winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger.
14Trickery in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension. 15Disaster will overtake him sharply for this, suddenly, irretrievably, he will be broken.
16There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that he abhors: 17a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that weaves wicked plots, feet that hurry to do evil, 19a false witness who lies with every breath, and one who sows dissension among brothers.
scoundrel = בְּלִיַּעַל = bᵊlîyaʿal Blue Letter Bible worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable, base fellow; wicked; without profit; ungodly; wickedness, vileness
vicious = אָוֶן = 'āven Blue Letter Bible trouble, wickedness, sorrow; sorrow; idolatry; to exert oneself, usually in vain; come to naught; nothingness; trouble, vanity; affliction, evil; sorrow, unjust, unrighteousness; emptiness, vanity; falsehood, fraud; misfortune, adverse circumstances; lightness, easiness, living at ease, riches, wealth, ability
goes = הָלַךְ = halak Blue Letter Bible to go; proceed, move; enter; follow; go along; proceed; to go with, have intercourse with; to go after; pursue; live, manner of life; go on, go forward; traverse; march; flow, be poured out
leer = עִקְּשׁוּת = ʿiqqᵊšûṯ Blue Letter Bible distortion, crookedness; perversity, frowardness
trickery = תַּהְפֻּכוֹת = tahpuḵôṯ Blue Letter Bible perversity; deceit, fraud; foolishness
heart = לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
scheming = חָרַשׁ = ḥāraš Blue Letter Bible to cut in, plough, engrave; devise; to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf; keep quiet; to remain silent
evil = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
send = שָׁלַח = šālaḥ Blue Letter Bible stretch out; extend, direct; to shoot forth (of branches); reach forth; sow, spread, stretch forth; to send, send away; to let loose; to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out or away; to let go, set free; to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled; forsake, give (up); eave, let depart; drive cattle to pasture
dissension = מְדָן = mᵊḏān Blue Letter Bible strife, contention, discord
Disaster = אֵיד = 'êḏ Blue Letter Bible distress, burden, calamity; day of calamity; oppression; by implication heavy misfortune; ruin; destruction
overtake = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations; walk, associate with; attain to; cause to come in, gather; cause to come; brought in; eat; have intercourse with; come to pass, be fulfilled, accomplished; lead, bring in; gather (harvest)
sharply = פִּתְאֹם = piṯ'ōm Blue Letter Bible suddenly, surprisingly; in a moment
for this = עַל = ʿal Blue Letter Bible upon; beside; in addition to; together with; with; beyond, over (of excess); above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence); around (of contiguity or proximity); down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion); state of resting on; wearing or clothed with; something superadded; covering, protecting; surpassing, going beyond; a cause of; unto or towards; burden; incumbent on; in the manner of, in accordance with; elevation or pre-eminence; together with
suddenly = פֶּתַע = peṯaʿ Blue Letter Bible to open (the eyes); a wink, i.e. moment; quickly or unexpectedly; at an instant; suddenly; fortuitously
broken = שָׁבַר = šāḇar Blue Letter Bible to broken, maimed, crippled, wrecked, crushed; to break, break in pieces; break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench; rupture; shattered; destroyed, hurt, quenched; thoroughly broken; fractured of limb; maimed, crippled
haughty = רוּם = rûm Blue Letter Bible to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted; to lift up; exalt; set on high; hold up; raise, rear, cause to grow
look = עַיִן = ʿayin Blue Letter Bible eye; before my eyes; set one eyes on; spring, fountain
lying = שֶׁקֶר = šeqer Blue Letter Bible lie, deception, falsehood; deceit, fraud, fraudulently; an untruth; by implication, a sham; feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain thing; wrong, wrongfully; injurious in testimony; betrays; self-deceived; disappointment
heart = לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
weaves = חָרַשׁ = ḥāraš Blue Letter Bible to cut in, plough, engrave; devise; to be silent, be dumb, be speechless, be deaf; keep quiet; to remain silent
wicked = אָוֶן = 'āven Blue Letter Bible trouble, wickedness, sorrow; sorrow; idolatry; to exert oneself, usually in vain; come to naught; nothingness; trouble, vanity; affliction, evil; sorrow, unjust, unrighteousness; emptiness, vanity; falsehood, fraud; misfortune, adverse circumstances; lightness, easiness, living at ease, riches, wealth, ability
plots = מַחֲשָׁבָה = maḥăšāḇâ Blue Letter Bible thought; intention; device; plan, purpose; invention; contrivance; imagination; projects
hurry = מָהַר = māhar Blue Letter Bible hasten, make haste; to be hurried, be anxious, timid; prepare quickly, do quickly, bring quickly; skillful, apt; prompt; speedy, swift
evil = רַע = raʿ Blue Letter Bible bad, evil, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery, displeasing; sad, unhappy; hurtful; unkind, vicious in disposition, wicked (ethically)
false = שֶׁקֶר = šeqer Blue Letter Bible lie, deception, falsehood; deceit, fraud, fraudulently; an untruth; by implication, a sham; feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain thing; wrong, wrongfully; injurious in testimony; betrays; self-deceived; disappointment
lies = כָּזָב = kāzāḇ Blue Letter Bible a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing; deceitful, false; liar, lie, lying; anything that deceives
send = שָׁלַח = šālaḥ Blue Letter Bible stretch out; extend, direct; to shoot forth (of branches); reach forth; sow, spread, stretch forth; to send, send away; to let loose; to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out or away; to let go, set free; to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled; forsake, give (up); eave, let depart; drive cattle to pasture
dissension = מְדָן = mᵊḏān Blue Letter Bible strife, contention, discord
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