American Standard Version
Proverbs 29:27
27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous;And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Proverbs 29:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.
- English Standard Version (ESV)An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.
- New King James Version (NKJV)An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Context of Proverbs 29:27
25The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe. 26Many seek the ruler’s favor; But a man’s judgmentcomethfrom Jehovah. An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:27 word by word
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:27
- Proverbs 24:9The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
- Psalms 119:115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
- Psalms 139:21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- Zechariah 11:8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
- John 15:17These things I command you, that ye may love one another.
- 1 John 3:13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27And he that is upright in the way - "But as for those that be in the right waye, the wicked hate them." - Coverdale. To this verse the Vulgate adds the following: Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit; "The son that keeps the word shall not fall into perdition." This is not in all copies of the Vulgate: but it was in that from which my old MS. Bible was made, where it is thus translated: The sone keping the worde schal ben out of perdicyon. I…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27The words point out not only the antagonism between the doers of good and evil, but the instinctive antipathy which the one feels toward the other.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 The just man abhors the sins of the wicked, and shuns their company. Christ exposed the wickedness of men, yet prayed for the wicked when they were crucifying him. Hatred to sin in ourselves and others, is a needful branch of the Christian temper. But all that are unholy, have rooted hatred to godliness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. (Compare Pr 3:32). On last clause, compare Pr 29:16; Psa 37:12.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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