Proverbes 26:24

24 Par ses lèvres celui qui hait se déguise, Et il met au dedans de lui la tromperie.

Proverbes 26:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips
He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as he would; he pretends a great deal of friendship with his lips, that his hatred might not be known; he would be thought to be a friend, when he is really an enemy; he does not choose as yet to make himself known what he is. Some render it to a sense the reverse, "the enemy", or "he that hateth, is known by his lips" F12; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions: if you carefully watch him, mark his words, and observe what he says, you will find out the hatred that lies in his heart; he cannot forbear saying something, at one time or another, which betrays the malignity of his mind; and layeth up deceit within him;
or, "though F13 he layeth up" hides it as much as he can, yet it will show itself in some way or another.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 (rkny) "agnoscetur", Montanus, Vatablus; "cognoscetur", Tigurine version; "cognoscitur", Amama, so Luther.
F13 (w) "quamvis", Luther. apud Gejerus, Baynus.

Proverbes 26:24 In-Context

22 Les paroles du rapporteur sont comme des friandises, Elles descendent jusqu'au fond des entrailles.
23 Comme des scories d'argent appliquées sur un vase de terre, Ainsi sont des lèvres brûlantes et un coeur mauvais.
24 Par ses lèvres celui qui hait se déguise, Et il met au dedans de lui la tromperie.
25 Lorsqu'il prend une voix douce, ne le crois pas, Car il y a sept abominations dans son coeur.
26 S'il cache sa haine sous la dissimulation, Sa méchanceté se révélera dans l'assemblée.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.