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Proverbs 29:27

27 An aunjust man is abominable to the righteous,

And he who is bupright in the way is abominable to the wicked.

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Proverbs 29:27 — The New International Version (NIV)

27 The righteous detest the dishonest;

the wicked detest the upright.

Proverbs 29:27 — English Standard Version (ESV)

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,

but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just:

And he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

27 The righteous despise the unjust;

the wicked despise the godly.

Proverbs 29:27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,

And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — New Century Version (NCV)

27 Good people hate those who are dishonest,

and the wicked hate those who are honest.

Proverbs 29:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous;

And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked man.

Proverbs 29:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

27 An unjust person is disgusting to righteous people. 

A decent person is disgusting to wicked people. 

Proverbs 29:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous,

and one whose way is upright

is detestable to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 The unjust are an abomination to the righteous,

but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27 A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous,

but the upright is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 29:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

27 Those who do what is right hate dishonest people.

Those who do what is wrong hate honest people.


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