Proverbs 6 · Verse 13

Proverbs 6:13

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Proverbs 6:13, King James Version

Proverbs 6:13 in other translations

BSBwinking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
WEBwho winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
ASVThat winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
YLTWinking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
DARBYhe winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
BBEMaking signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
WebsterHe winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

What does Proverbs 6:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:13-14
13-14. If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers - These things seem to be spoken of debauchees, and the following quotation from Ovid, Amor. Iib. i., El. iv., ver. 15, shoots the whole process of the villany spoken of by Solomon: Cum premit ille torum, vultu comes ipsa modestoIbis, ut accumbas: clam mihi tange pedem. Me specta, nutusque meos, vultum que loquacemExcipe furtivas, et refer ipsa, notas. Verba superciliis sine voce loquentia dicamVerba leges digitis, verba notata mero. Cum tibi succurrit Veneris lascivia nostrae,Purpureas tenero pollice tange genas, etc., etc. The whole elegy is in the same strain: it is translated in Garth's Ovid, but cannot be introduced here.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Proverbs 6:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קֹרֵ֣ץko.Retz[he is] winkingH7169
בְּ֭עֵינָיוBe.'ei.navwith eyes hisH5869
מֹלֵ֣לmo.Lel[he is] scrapingH4448
בְּרַגְלָ֑יוbe.rag.Lavwith feet hisH7272
מֹ֝רֶ֗הmo.Reh[he is] pointingH3384
בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו\׃be.'etz.be.'o.Tavwith fingers hisH676

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:13

  • Psalms 35:19

    Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • Job 15:12

    Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  • Proverbs 10:10

    He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  • Proverbs 5:6

    Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:6; 10:10; Job 15:12; Ps 35:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:12

    A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • Proverbs 6:13

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

  • Proverbs 6:14

    Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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Proverbs 6:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Guiña de sus ojos, habla con sus pies, indica con sus dedos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		il cligne de ses yeux, il parle de ses pieds, il enseigne de ses doigts;
German
Elberfelder 1871		mit seinen Augen zwinkt, mit seinen Füßen scharrt, mit seinen Fingern deutet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		annuit oculis, terit pede, digito loquitur,