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The Bible, in fact, teaches that people do not know even themselves well. Early in His ministry, adoring crowds outside Jerusalem followed Jesus, but John notes, вЂњJesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people, and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man (John 2:24-25).вЂќ Jesus uniquely knew what people were thinking deep within, and while we do not, Solomon warns us that there are depths beneath anotherвЂ™s words that we canвЂ™t see. Only the naГЇve take everyoneвЂ™s words at face value, and the Book of Proverbs scorns the naГЇve. I will follow the NIVвЂ™s interpretative rendering.ДЄs deep waters hide what lurks beneath them, a personвЂ™s words may hide his thoughts as well as reveal them. Translations in the King James tradition, like the ESV, bring the Hebrew seeming lack of clarity into English, leaving the reader to try to grasp its meaning. вЂњA personвЂ™s words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as a flowing stream (TodayвЂ™s English Version).вЂќ вЂњThe words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream (New International Version).вЂќ The TEV interpretation teaches that peopleвЂ™s words are a source of wisdom the NIV with its вЂњbut,вЂќ hints at a contrast between the deep and perhaps deceitful words of a person and the reliability of GodвЂ™s ever-fresh words. The point of this proverb is unclear, as comparing two other translations reveals.

Bill Edgar, former chair of the Geneva College Board of Trustees, former Geneva College President and longtime pastor in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPNCA) DecemProverbs 18:4 вЂ“ The words of a manвЂ™s mouth are deep waters the wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.Д«y Dr.

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