King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Complete Jewish Bible:
my inmost being rejoices when your lips say what is right.
Berean Standard Bible:
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
American Standard Version:
Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Yea, my reins{H3629} shall rejoice{H5937}, when thy lips{H8193} speak{H1696} right things{H4339}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 8:6
- Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
Ephesians 5:4
- Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians 4:29
- Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
James 3:2
- For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.
Colossians 4:4
- That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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Commentary for Proverbs 23:16
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3629
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כִּלְיָה
Transliteration: kilyâh
Pronunciation: kil-yaw'
Description: feminine of כְּלִי (only in the plural); a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self); kidneys, reins. - Strong's Number: H5937
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָלַז
Transliteration: ʻâlaz
Pronunciation: aw-laz'
Description: a primitive root; to jump for joy, i.e. exult; be joyful, rejoice, triumph. - Strong's Number: H8193
There are 164 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׂפָה
Transliteration: sâphâh
Pronunciation: saw-faw'
Description: or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words. - Strong's Number: H1696
There are 1050 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דָבַר
Transliteration: dâbar
Pronunciation: daw-bar'
Description: a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work. - Strong's Number: H4339
There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֵישָׁר
Transliteration: mêyshâr
Pronunciation: may-shawr'
Description: from יָשַׁר; evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially); agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).