Proverbs 21:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Young's Literal Translation
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

King James Bible
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Hebrew
Making
פֹּ֣עַל (pō·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6467: Doing, deed, work

a fortune
א֭וֹצָרוֹת (’ō·w·ṣā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

by a lying
שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

tongue
בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן (bil·šō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 3956: The tongue

is a vanishing
נִ֝דָּ֗ף (nid·dāp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse

mist,
הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

a deadly
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

pursuit.
מְבַקְשֵׁי־ (mə·ḇaq·šê-)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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