Proverbs 29:27
in Proverbs 29An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
BSB
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ASV
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
KJV
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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This verse in Proverbs 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAn unjust man is an abomination to the just,.... Not his person, but his actions, his unrighteous actions, his ungodly life and conversation; which a man, holy, just, and good, loathes and abhors, and cannot forbear expressing his abhorrence of; and therefore shuns his company, and will have no fellowship with him.
This site's exposition
The fear of man is a snare
on Proverbs 29:25-27
"The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high" sets two fears against each other. Verse 26 turns the chapter's thread on rulers toward the true court. Verse 27 closes the sentence literature on a verdict, each detestable to the other.
This site's exposition
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous
Barnes sees an instinctive antipathy between the righteous and the wicked. Gill says the righteous man detests the unjust man's deeds and shuns his company. The upright way is detestable to the wicked in return.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The 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.
And 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 believe verbum here is intended for the Divine word; the revelation from God.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת | toavat | [is] an abomination of | H8441 → | 117 times |
| צַ֭דִּיקִים | tzadikim | righteous [people] | H6662 → | 206 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | a person of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| עָ֑וֶל | ʾavel | injustice | H5766 → | |
| וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת | vetoavat | and [is] an abomination of | H8441 → | 117 times |
| רָשָׁ֣ע | rasha' | [the] wicked | H7563 → | 263 times |
| יְשַׁר־ | yeshar- | a [person] upright of | H3477 → | 119 times |
| דָּֽרֶךְ׃ פ | darekh | way | H1870 → | 707 times |
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת[is] an abomination of
toavatH8441 →117 times
צַ֭דִּיקִיםrighteous [people]
tzadikimH6662 →206 times
אִ֣ישׁa person of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
עָ֑וֶלinjustice
ʾavelH5766 →
וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תand [is] an abomination of
vetoavatH8441 →117 times
רָשָׁ֣ע[the] wicked
rasha'H7563 →263 times
יְשַׁר־a [person] upright of
yeshar-H3477 →119 times
דָּֽרֶךְ׃ פway
darekhH1870 →707 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
it leads to
- John 15:18–19
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 3:19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
- Proverbs 9:7–8
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- John 15:18–19
Through
1 John 3:13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
it leads to
- John 17:14
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- John 17:14
Through
Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
it leads to
- Psalms 119:158
I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
- Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
- Psalms 31:6
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalms 119:158
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.