Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools. Young's Literal Translation The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right. King James Bible The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so. Hebrew The lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣י (śip̄·ṯê) Noun - fdc Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin of the wise חֲ֭כָמִים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2450: Wise spread יְזָ֣רוּ (yə·zā·rū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2219: To toss about, to diffuse, winnow knowledge, דָ֑עַת (ḏā·‘aṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1847: Knowledge but not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no so כֵֽן׃ (ḵên) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 3651: So -- thus the hearts וְלֵ֖ב (wə·lêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre of fools. כְּסִילִ֣ים (kə·sî·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool |