PROV 28:9 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A person who turns their ear away from hearing Yahweh’s instructions,
⇔ → even their prayers are detestable.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Ὁ ἐκκλίνων τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι νόμου, καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν προσευχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐβδέλυκται.
(Ho ekklinōn to ous autou maʸ eisakousai nomou, kai autos taʸn proseuⱪaʸn autou ebdeluktai. )

BrTr He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has [fn]made his prayer abominable.

ULT One turning away his ear from hearing the law,
⇔ even his prayer is an abomination.

UST Yahweh detests hearing prayers from people
⇔ who refuse to obey his laws.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE He who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
⇔ even his prayer is an abomination.

WMBB He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah,
⇔ even his prayer is an abomination.

NET The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
⇔ even his prayer is an abomination.

LSV Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law,
Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

FBV God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.

T4T ⇔ If people do not obey [MTY] God’s laws,
⇔ God ◄detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink►.

LEB • He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.

BBE As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

Moff If a man is deaf to the orders of religion,
⇔ his very prayer is loathsome to the Eternal.

JPS He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

ASV He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
⇔ Even his prayer is an abomination.

DRA He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.

YLT Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

Drby He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

RV He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
(He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination/disgusting_thing. )

SLT He turning away his ear from hearing the law, also his prayer is an abomination.

Wbstr He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

KJB-1769 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
(He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination/disgusting_thing. )

KJB-1611 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the law, euen his prayer shalbe abomination.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe, his prayer shalbe abhominable.
(He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abominable/revolting.)

Gnva He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
(He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer shall be abominable/revolting. )

Cvdl He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.
(He that turneth away his ear from hearing ye/you_all law, his prayer shall be abhorred.)

Wycl His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.
(His prayer shall be made cursed, that boweth/bows away his eere; that he here not the law.)

Luth Wer sein Ohr abwendet, zu hören das Gesetz, des Gebet ist ein Greuel.
(Who be ear averts, to/for hear/listen the law, the prayer is a abomination/disgusting_thing.)

ClVg Qui declinat aures suas ne audiat legem, oratio ejus erit execrabilis.
(Who declines ears their_own not hear the_law, speech his will_be execrabilis. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 25:1–29:27: This is Hezekiah’s collection of Solomon’s proverbs

This section is the second collection of Solomon’s proverbs. These proverbs were organized and copied by men who served King Hezekiah. Most scholars divide this section into two groups. These groups differ in several ways.

The first group (chapters 25–27) has many more comparisons and admonitions. In Hebrew, most of these comparisons are metaphors in which one or more illustrations precede the topic. Some English versions change the order so that the topic precedes the illustration(s). You should follow the order that expresses the meaning naturally and effectively in your language.

In the first group, many proverbs are one verse long. As with the individual proverbs in the main collection of Solomon’s proverbs (Section 10:1–22:16), they are not related to the proverbs around them. Other proverbs in this group are two or more verses long. Still others are one-verse proverbs that are closely related in theme. Proverbs in all three categories will be marked as separate paragraphs.

The second group (chapters 28–29) has more contrastive proverbs. The proverbs in this group are each one verse long. They will not be marked as separate paragraphs.

Some other headings for this section are:

More Proverbs of Solomon (NIV)

Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah (NET)

These are also wise things that Solomon said

28:9

^9aWhoever turns his ear away from hearing the law,

^9beven his prayer is detestable.

The first line of this proverb describes a person who refuses to listen to the instruction from the LORD that is contained in the OT Scriptures. The second line describes the result of what happens in the first line. The result is that the LORD regards even his prayers, not only his actions, to be detestable.

28:9a

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law,

If you^(sing) disobey what Yahweh teaches in his word/law,
There are people who do not heed what Yahweh caused to be written.

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law: In Hebrew, this verse is more literally “one who turns aside his ear from hearing instruction, also/even his prayer is an abomination.” The phrase turns his ear away, which the BSB translates literally, means “refuses to listen/heed” or “disregards/disobeys.” For the law, see the footnote on “the law” in 28:4b and the note on “keeps the law” in 28:7a. In light of the context of prayers being detestable to the LORD in 28:9b, the law here probably refers to what the LORD teaches in the OT Scriptures.

Some other ways to translate this line are:

If you refuse to obey what you have been taught (NCV)

People who do not heed what the LORD teaches in his word

28:9a–b

(combined/reordered)

Yahweh detests even the prayers of a person who does not heed his instruction.
When people who refuse to obey what is written in the Scriptures pray, Yahweh will be disgusted by their prayers as well as their deeds.

28:9b

even his prayer is detestable.

Yahweh will consider even your^(sing) prayers to be detestable/nauseating.
Yahweh will loathe what those people pray as well as what they do and will refuse to answer their prayers.

even his prayer is detestable: This line implies the following reasoning:UBS (p. 592), Waltke (pp. 413–414).

When people refuse to obey what the LORD teaches, their actions are obviously detestable to the LORD.
But such people expect that at least their prayers will be acceptable.
Contrary to what they expect, their prayers as well as their actions are detestable.

detestable: In Hebrew, this word is literally “an abomination.” It refers to anything that is abhorrent or disgusting. See the note on “an abomination to the LORD” in 11:1a.

Some other ways to translate this line are:

the LORD will abhor his prayers as well as his actions

even their prayers will be disgusting to the LORD

General Comment on 28:9a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder these two lines. See 28:9a–b (combined/reordered) in the Display.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנ⁠וֹ & תְּ֝פִלָּת֗⁠וֹ

turns_away ear_of,his & prayer_of,his

One who turns away and his refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who turns away that person’s own ear … that person’s prayer”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵסִ֣יר אָ֭זְנ⁠וֹ מִ⁠שְּׁמֹ֣עַ

turns_away ear_of,his from,hearing

The phrase turns away his ear is an idiom that refers to refusing to listen to what someone is saying as if the listener were turning his ear away from the person speaking. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “One who refuses to listen to”

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

תּוֹרָ֑ה

law

See how you translated the same use of the law in [28:4](../28/04.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תּוֹעֵבָֽה

abomination

As in the rest of Proverbs, abomination here refers to what Yahweh considers to be an abomination. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is what is abominable to Yahweh”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns