13 who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,

Other Translations of Proverbs 6:13

King James Version

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

English Standard Version

13 winks with his eyes, signalsHebrew scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,

The Message

13 They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, they cross their fingers behind their backs.

New King James Version

13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;

New Living Translation

13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 6:13

Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19

(Read Proverbs 6:12-19)

If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in ourselves; it is nothing to hate them in others. Let us shun all such practices, and watch and pray against them; and avoid, with marked disapproval, all who are guilty of them, whatever may be their rank.