Proverbs 29 · Verse 27

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27, King James Version

Proverbs 29:27 in other translations

BSB	An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
WEB	A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
ASV	An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
YLT	An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!
DARBY	An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked man.
BBE	An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.
Webster	An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

What does Proverbs 29:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

27. (Compare Pr 3:32). On last clause, compare Pr 29:16; Psa 37:12.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 27 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 29:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.Vat[is] an abomination ofH8441

צַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimrighteous [people]H6662

אִ֣ישׁ'isha person ofH376

עָ֑וֶל'A.velinjusticeH5766

וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תve.to.'a.Vatand [is] an abomination ofH8441

רָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'[the] wickedH7563

יְשַׁר\־ye.shar-a [person] upright ofH3477

דָּֽרֶךְ\׃\ \פDa.rekhwayH1870

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 29:27

1 John 3:13
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Psalms 139:21
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
John 15:17-19
These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:23
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Proverbs 29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

24:9; Ps 119:115; 139:21; Zec 11:8; Joh 7:7; 15:17-19,23
1Jo 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.
Proverbs 29:27
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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Proverbs 29:27 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Abominación es á los justos el hombre inicuo; y abominación es al impío el de rectos caminos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’homme inique est l’abomination des justes, et celui qui est droit dans sa voie, l’abomination du méchant.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der ungerechte Mann ist ein Greuel für die Gerechten, und wer geraden Weges wandelt, ein Greuel für den Gottlosen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Abominantur justi virum impium, et abominantur impii eos qui in recta sunt via. Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit.