Blessings ¹  are on the head of the righteous, but the speech ²  of the wicked conceals ³  violence. ⁴ 

biblegateway Pro 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Blessings cover the head of a righteous person, but violence covers the mouths of wicked people.

biblegateway Pro 10:6

Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

bibleoremus Pro 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Blessings are showered on the righteous; the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

biblegateway Pro 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

biblegateway Pro 10:6

Blessings ¹  are on the head of the righteous, but the speech ²  of the wicked conceals ³  violence. ⁴ 

¹ sn The word “blessings” has the sense of gifts, enrichments, that is, the rewards or the results of being righteous. The blessings come either from the people the righteous deal with, or from God. CEV understands the blessings as praise for good behavior (“Everyone praises good people”).

² tn Heb “the mouth.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech.

³ tn Heb “covers.” Behind the speech of the wicked is aggressive violence (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 422).

⁴ tn The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence” as the accusative direct object; however, the subject might be “violence,” hence: “violence covers the mouth of the wicked” (cf. KJV, ASV, NIV).