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


In Context

2 The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

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

6 A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?

7 The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons 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 World English 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 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.