PRO 15:26 Parallel Verse View

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Key: green:YHWH.
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ULT Evil thoughts are an abomination to Yahweh,
⇔ but words of pleasantness are pure ones.

UST Yahweh detests the evil things that people think,
⇔ but the pleasing things that people say are pure.

BSB ⇔ The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,
⇔ but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.

OEB Evil devices the Lord abhors,
⇔ but gracious words are his delight.

WEBBE The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,
⇔ but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked,
⇔ but pleasant words are pure.

LSV Thoughts of wickedness [are] an abomination to YHWH,
And sayings of pleasantness [are] pure.

FBV The Lord hates the thoughts of the wicked, but he honors the words of the pure.[fn]

15:26 Septuagint reading.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh detests what wicked people are thinking about doing;
⇔ but when people say what is kind, he considers those words to be pure.

LEB • are an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.

BBE Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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JPS The thoughts of wickedness are an abomination to the LORD; but words of pleasantness are pure.

ASV Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah;
⇔ But pleasant words are pure.

DRA Evil thoughts are an abomination to the Lord: and pure words most beautiful shall be confirmed by him.

YLT An abomination to Jehovah [are] thoughts of wickedness, And pure [are] sayings of pleasantness.

Drby The thoughts of the evil [man] are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.

RV Evil devices are an abomination to the LORD: but pleasant words are pure.

Wbstr The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

KJB-1769 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.[fn]

15.26 pleasant…: Heb. words of pleasantness

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the wordes of the pure, are pleasant words.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

15:26 Chap. 6. 18.

15:26 Heb. words of pleasantnesse.

Bshps The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.
(The Lord abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the words of the pure are pleasaunt.)

Gnva The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.
(The thoughts of ye/you_all wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure have pleasant words. )

Cvdl The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.
(The LORD abhoreth ye/you_all ymaginacions of ye/you_all wicked, but pure words are pleasaunt unto him.)

Wyc Iuele thouytis is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word moost fair schal be maad stidfast of hym.
(Yuele thoughts is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word most fair shall be made steadfast of him.)

Luth Die Anschläge des Argen sind dem HErr’s ein Greuel; aber tröstlich reden die Reinen.
(The Anschläge the Argen are to_him LORD’s a Greuel; but tröstlich reden the Reinen.)

ClVg Abominatio Domini cogitationes malæ, et purus sermo pulcherrimus firmabitur ab eo.[fn]
(Abominatio Master cogitationes malæ, and purus sermo pulcherrimus firmabitur away by_him. )

15.26 Firmabitur: in judicio, quando non solum factis, sed et verbis omnibus digna præmia reddet.

15.26 Firmabitur: in yudicio, when not/no solum factis, but and verbis to_all digna præmia reddet.

BrTr An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour.

BrLXX Βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ λογισμὸς ἄδικος, ἁγνῶν δὲ ῥήσεις σεμναί.
(Bdelugma Kuriōi logismos adikos, hagnōn de ɽaʸseis semnai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה

abomination YHWH

See how you translated an abomination to Yahweh in 3:32.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אִמְרֵי־נֹֽעַם

words gracious

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe words that are characterized by pleasantness. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “pleasant words”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אִמְרֵי

words

See how you translated the same use of words in 1:23.

Parallel PRO 15:26