Proverbs 29:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ׃ פ

Transliteration

tôʿăḇat ṣaddîqîm ʾîš ʿāwel wə-tôʿăḇat rāšāʿ yəšar-dāreḵ

Grammar Details

*tôʿăḇat*: noun, feminine singular construct - abomination of
*ṣaddîqîm*: adjective/substantive, masculine plural - righteous ones
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*ʿāwel*: noun, masculine singular - injustice/unrighteousness
*wə*: conjunction - and
*rāšāʿ*: adjective/substantive, masculine singular - wicked one
*yəšar*: adjective, masculine singular construct - upright of
*dāreḵ*: noun, masculine singular - way/path

Word Meanings

*tôʿăḇat ṣaddîqîm*: abomination of righteous ones/detestable to the righteous
*ʾîš ʿāwel*: man of injustice/unjust person/evil man
*tôʿăḇat rāšāʿ*: abomination of wicked one/detestable to the wicked
*yəšar-dāreḵ*: upright of way/one straight in path/one who is straight in his way

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 139:21 : 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
1 John 3:13 : 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Prov 24:9 : 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 15:17-19 : 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 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 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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