Proverbs 28:9
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- 26 The expression “turn away the ear from hearing” uses a metonymy to mean that this individual will not listen—it indicates a deliberate refusal to follow the instruction of the law.
- 27 It is hard to imagine how someone who willfully refuses to obey the law of God would pray according to the will of God. Such a person is more apt to pray for some physical thing or make demands on God. (Of course a prayer of repentance would be an exception and would not be an abomination to the Lord.)
- 28 C. H. Toy says, “If a man, on his part, is deaf to instruction, then God, on his part, is deaf to prayer” (Proverbs [], ). And W. McKane observes that one who fails to attend to God’s law is a wicked person, even if he is a man of prayer (Proverbs [], 623).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.
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NLTNew Living Translation
God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,
even his prayer is an abomination.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer shall be abomination.
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