PRO 11:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ διεστραμμέναι ὁδοὶ, προσδεκτοὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες ἄμωμοι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν.
(Bdelugma Kuriōi diestrammenai hodoi, prosdektoi de autōi pantes amōmoi en tais hodois autōn. )

BrTr Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

ULT An abomination to Yahweh is those crooked of heart,
⇔ but his delight is those blameless of way.

UST Yahweh detests people who think deceitfully,
⇔ but people who act blamelessly please him.

BSB ⇔ The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD,
⇔ but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

OEB The Lord abhors the mind that is crooked,
⇔ but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.

WEBBE Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD,
⇔ but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart,
⇔ but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

LSV The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH,
And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.

FBV The Lord hates perverted minds, but is happy with those who live moral lives.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things,
⇔ but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.

LEB • are the[fn] but his delight are[fn]

11:? Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”

11:? Literally “blameless ones of ways”

BBE The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

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JPS They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD; but such as are upright in their way are His delight.

ASV They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah;
⇔ But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

DRA A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

YLT An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.

Drby The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

RV They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD: but such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

Wbstr They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

KJB-1769 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

KJB-1611 They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the LORD: but such as are vpright in their way, are his delight.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.
(The Lord abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath/has pleasure in them that are of an undefiled conuersation.)

Gnva They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.
(They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are upright in their way, are his delite. )

Cvdl The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled.
(The LORD abhorreth a fayned heart, but he hath/has pleasure in them that are undefyled.)

Wycl A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord; and his wille is in hem, that goen symply.
(A schrewid heart is abhomynable to the Lord; and his will is in them, that goen symply.)

Luth Der HErr hat Greuel an den verkehrten Herzen und Wohlgefallen an den Frommen.
(The LORD has Greuel at the verkehrten hearts and Wohlgefallen at the Frommen.)

ClVg Abominabile Domino cor pravum, et voluntas ejus in iis qui simpliciter ambulant.
(Abominabile Master heart pravum, and voluntas his in iis who simpliciter ambulant. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה

abomination YHWH

See how you translated this phrase in 3:32.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עִקְּשֵׁי

crooked

See how you translated the same use of crooked in 2:15.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֑ב

heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ֝⁠רְצוֹנ֗⁠וֹ

and,delight,his

See how you translated the abstract noun delight in 8:30.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

תְּמִ֣ימֵי דָֽרֶךְ

blameless ways

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a way that is characterized by being blameless. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “is those whose way is blameless”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָֽרֶךְ

ways

See how you translated the same use of way in 1:15.

Parallel PRO 11:20