He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
MESSAGE
The person who's always cooking up some evil soon gets a reputation as prince of rogues.
NKJV
He who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
GWV
Whoever plans to do evil will be known as a schemer.
NET
The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.*
NET
24:8 The one who plans to do evil
will be called a scheming person.2046
tnHeb “possessor of schemes”; NAB “an intriguer.” The picture of the wicked person is graphic: He devises plans to do evil and is known as a schemer. Elsewhere the “schemes” are outrageous and lewd (e.g., Lev 18:7; Judg 20:6). Here the description portrays him as a cold, calculating, active person: “the fool is capable of intense mental activity but it adds up to sin” (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 399).