Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBlessings rest upon the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBlessings crown the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked masks violence.
KJV
King James VersionBlessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBlessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Footnotes
ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ‘ (chamas) is not mere anger but structured, predatory violence β the same word used of the pre-flood world in Genesis 6:11. The phrase 'the mouth of the wicked masks violence' (Χ€Φ΄ΦΌΧ Χ¨Φ°Χ©ΦΈΧΧ’Φ΄ΧΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ‘ΦΆΦΌΧ ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ‘) recurs verbatim in verse 11, forming a literary bracket around the intervening proverbs β a device signalling that speech, violence, and hiddenness are this passage's central concerns. FOG uses 'masks' to suggest deliberate concealment; FOG Message uses 'conceals' to keep the language elevated.