Warnings against Foolishness
Proverbs 6:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- KJV
- ¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:unto…: Heb. of his soul
- WEB
- There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
- ASV
- There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
- LSV
- These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
- YLT
- These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
- DBY
- These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- DRC
- Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
- GNV
- These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
- JPS
- There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
- LXXE
- For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
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- Written (Ketiv): תּוֹעֲבוֹת (“[the] disgusting things of”). Read aloud (Qere): תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת (“[the] disgusting thing of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads תּוֹעֲבַ֥ות; read aloud (Qere) reads תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת (“[the] disgusting thing of”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע תועבות נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): תּוֹעֲבַ֥תYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν οἷς μισεῖ ὁ Θεὸς, συντρίβεται δὲ διʼ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PrideImaginationAbominationFalse TeachersYoung MenBloodLyingHeart, Character of the UnrenewedSlanderStrife
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 25:16For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 15:8–9The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
- Deuteronomy 23:18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 24:4then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his…
- Proverbs 30:21Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
- Amos 1:3This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
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