BSB
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
WEB
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
KJV
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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Verse 4
Proverbs 18:4
The similitudes here seem to be elegantly transposed. 1. The well-spring of wisdom is as deep waters. An intelligent knowing man has in him a good treasure of useful things, which furnishes him with something to say upon all occasions that is pertinent and profitable. This is as deep waters, which make no noise, but never run dry. 2. The words of such a man's mouth are as a flowing brook. What he sees cause to speak flows naturally from him and with a great deal of ease, and freedom, and natural fluency; it is clean and fresh, it is cleansing and refreshing; from his deep waters there flows what there is occasion for, to water those about him, as the brooks do the low grounds.