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Proverbs 2:14

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2:14who delight54 in doing55 evil,56

they rejoice in perverse evil;57

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  1. 54 The articular plural active participle functions as the second attributive adjective for אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) in v. 12b.
  2. 55 The Qal infinitive construct is the complementary use of the form, expressing the direct object of the participle.
  3. 56 Or “harm.”
  4. 57 Heb “the perversity of evil” (so ). The noun רָע (ra’, “evil”) functions as an attributed genitive which is modified by the construct noun תַהְפֻּכוֹת (tahpukhot, “perversity”) which functions as an attributive adjective.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who rejoice in doing evil

and delight in the perverseness of evil,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

who delight in doing wrong

and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

from those who enjoy doing evil

and celebrate perversion,

NLTNew Living Translation

They take pleasure in doing wrong,

and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

those who are happy to do evil,

for they delight in the deviousness of evil,

KJV 1900King James Version

Who rejoice to do evil,

And delight in the frowardness of the wicked;