Proverbs 21:27

In 11 translations

BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!

KJV

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?with…: Heb. in wickedness?

WEB

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

ASV

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

LSV

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, || Much more when he brings it in wickedness.

YLT

The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

DBY

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!

DRC

The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.

GNV

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?

JPS

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with the proceeds of wickedness?

LXXE

The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.Or, unlawfully.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

זֶ֣בַח רְ֭שָׁעִים תּוֹעֵבָ֑ה אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־בְזִמָּ֥ה יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Θυσίαι ἀσεβῶν βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ, καὶ γὰρ παρανόμως προσφέρουσιν αὐτάς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…
• Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Jeremiah 6:20What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
• Amos 5:21–22“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I…
• Isaiah 1:11–16“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
• 1 Samuel 15:21–23The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.” But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt…
• Jeremiah 7:11–12Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to…
• Psalms 50:8–13I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand…
• Proverbs 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• 1 Samuel 13:12–13I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.” “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not…

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