5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.


In Context

2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Proverbs 20:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:5The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.