Proverbs 12:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Young's Literal Translation
The words of the wicked [are]: ‘Lay wait for blood,’ And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

King James Bible
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Hebrew
The words
דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

lie in wait
אֱרָב־ (’ĕ·rāḇ-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

for blood,
דָּ֑ם (dām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

but the speech
וּפִ֥י (ū·p̄î)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of the upright
יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים (yə·šā·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

rescues them.
יַצִּילֵֽם׃ (yaṣ·ṣî·lêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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