Proverbs 20:5

Modern

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Traditional

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Literal

Counsel in the heart of man is deep waters, and a man of understanding will draw it out.

Latin

Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.

Hebrew

English

The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
1 Corinthians 2:11
For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Psalm 64:6
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.