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how much more when he brings it with evil intent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> abomination: how much more, <i>when</i> he bringeth it with a wicked mind?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> an abomination; How much more <i>when</i> he brings it with wicked intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with a wicked scheme!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable <i>and</i> offensive [to the LORD]. How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable — how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable— how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Lord despises the offerings of wicked people with evil motives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The sacrifice of wicked people is disgusting, especially if they bring it with evil intent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable— how much more when he offers it with vile motives!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable?how much more so when brought with ill intent!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, "" Much more when he brings it in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the unjust is an abomination, for also he will bring it in mischief.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sacrifices of the impious are abominable, because they are offered out of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, the more so when they offer it with bad intent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when brought with evil intent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; because they bring it in an unjust way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the evil ones is detested before LORD JEHOVAH because they bring it in evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; How much more, when he bringeth it with the proceeds of wickedness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/21-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=4340" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/21.htm">The King's Heart</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ze·ḇaḥ (N-msc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">The sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh (N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">is detestable—</a> <a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: ’ap̄ (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though.">how much more so</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yə·ḇî·’en·nū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: ḇə·zim·māh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">with ill intent!</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></span><br />“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 to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“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 will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. / You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3-4</a></span><br />Whoever 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 like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. / So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a></span><br />What 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Matthew 15:7-9</a></span><br />You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: / ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-7.htm">Psalm 50:7-15</a></span><br />“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. / I 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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22-23</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. / For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10-14</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. / For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-10</a></span><br />Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?</p><p class="hdg">sacrifice</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a></b></br> The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright <i>is</i> his delight.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Proverbs 28:9</a></b></br> He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer <i>shall be</i> abomination.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">1 Samuel 13:12,13</a></b></br> Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering… </p><p class="hdg">with a wicked mind</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/9-9.htm">Proverbs 9:9-14</a></b></br> Give <i>instruction</i> to a wise <i>man</i>, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just <i>man</i>, and he will increase in learning… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-23.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-15.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-5.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Proceeds</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-26.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-12.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Intent</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-5.htm">Proceeds</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-29.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/21-1.htm">The king's heart in the hand of the Lord</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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However, when offered by the wicked, these sacrifices were considered detestable. This reflects the biblical principle that God values the heart's condition over ritualistic practices (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>). The wicked, in this context, are those who live in rebellion against God's commandments, and their sacrifices are hypocritical, lacking genuine repentance or faith. This aligns with <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a>, where God expresses disdain for empty rituals performed by those who do not live righteously.<p><b>how much more so when brought with ill intent!</b><br>The phrase "ill intent" suggests ulterior motives behind the sacrifice, such as attempting to bribe God or gain favor while continuing in sin. This highlights the importance of sincerity in worship and the futility of trying to manipulate God. In the New Testament, Jesus condemns similar hypocrisy in the Pharisees, who outwardly performed religious duties but harbored corrupt hearts (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>). The emphasis is on the integrity of the worshiper, as seen in <a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a>, which states that God desires a broken and contrite heart. This phrase serves as a warning that God cannot be deceived and that true worship requires both right action and right intention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In the context of Proverbs, the wicked are those who live in opposition to God's commandments and moral order. They are characterized by their sinful actions and intentions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifice.htm">Sacrifice</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, sacrifices were offerings made to God as acts of worship, atonement, or thanksgiving. They were central to the religious life of the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/ill_intent.htm">Ill Intent</a></b><br>This refers to the motivations behind actions. In this verse, it highlights the insincerity or malicious intent behind the sacrifices offered by the wicked.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_worship.htm">The Heart of Worship</a></b><br>True worship is not about external rituals but the condition of the heart. God values sincerity and righteousness over mere religious acts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_hypocrisy.htm">The Danger of Hypocrisy</a></b><br>Offering sacrifices with ill intent is not only ineffective but detestable to God. We must examine our motives in worship and service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_righteousness.htm">God's Desire for Righteousness</a></b><br>God desires a life of obedience and righteousness. Our actions should reflect a heart aligned with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Regularly assess your motivations in worship and service. Are they driven by a genuine love for God or by selfish desires?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>When we recognize insincerity in our worship, we should repent and seek to align our hearts with God's desires.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/define_lovingkindness..htm">What does 'God is just' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_wicked_prayers_abominable.htm">Why are the wicked's prayers considered an abomination?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_a_ransom_for_whom.htm">Who is a ransom for whom? Mark 10:45 and I Timothy 2:5-6 say Christ is a ransom for many/all. Proverbs 21:18 says the wicked is a ransom for the righteous.</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_devout_people_die_young.htm">Proverbs 10:27 asserts fearing the Lord prolongs life--what about devout people who die young or suffer terminal illnesses?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">How much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind</span>?--Plotting at the same time future wickedness, or thinking to make God, by the sacrifice, overlook his sin, and so become, as it were, his confederate.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - The first hemistich occurs in <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a> (where see note). <span class="cmt_word">How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!</span> rather, <span class="accented">for evil</span>, equivalent to "in order to atone for wickedness." The sacrifice of the sinner is abominable, as offered formally without repentance and faith; much more abominable, when he brings his offering to win, as it were, God's connivance in the sin which he commits and has no intention of renouncing, - brings it as a kited of bribe and recompense to compensate or his transgression. Such an outrage on God's purity and justice may well be called an abomination. Septuagint, "The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination unto the Lord, for they. offer them wickedly (<span class="greek">παρανόμως</span>)." The notion of propitiating the Deity by sharing with him the proceeds of sin is expressed in proverbial language. We have the homely saw, "Steal the goose, and give the giblets in alms;" and the Spaniards say, "Huerto el puerco, y dar los pies por Dios," "Steal the pig, and give away the pettitoes for God's sake" (Kelly). (See Ecclus. 31:18, etc.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/21-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The sacrifice</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֣בַח</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ḇaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְ֭שָׁעִים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is detestable—</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹעֵבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how much more so</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֝֗ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_637.htm">Strong's 637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brought</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבִיאֶֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇî·’en·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with ill intent!</span><br /><span class="heb">בְזִמָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·zim·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plan, device, wickedness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked (Prov. 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