Proverbs 29:27

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The righteous despise the unjust; the wicked despise the godly.

Context of Proverbs 29:27

25Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. 26Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice. The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.

Proverbs 29:27 word by word

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• An unjustעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• an abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• to the justצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• uprightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
• in the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• to the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563

Cross-references for Proverbs 29:27

• Proverbs 24:9The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.
• Psalms 119:115Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
• Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
• Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
• John 15:17This is my command: Love each other.
• 1 John 3:13Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates 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

Topics related to Proverbs 29:27

• Abomination
• Injustice
• Persecution
• Sin

In the dictionaries

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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