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Proverbs 6:16

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6:16There are six things that the Lord hates,

even30 seven31 things that are an abomination to him:32

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Footnotes

  1. 30 The conjunction has the explicative use here (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §434).
  2. 31 This saying involves a numerical ladder, paralleling six things with seven things (e.g., also 30:15, 18, 21, 24, 29). The point of such a numerical arrangement is that the number does not exhaust the list (W. M. Roth, “The Numerical Sequence x / x +1 in the Old Testament,” 12 [1962]: 300–311; and his “Numerical Sayings in the Old Testament,” 13 [1965]: 86).
  3. 32 Heb “his soul.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

There are six things that the Lord hates,

seven that are an abomination to him:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

There are six things the Lord hates,

seven that are detestable to him:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord hates six things;

in fact, seven are detestable to him:

NLTNew Living Translation

There are six things the Lord hates—

no, seven things he detests:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There are six things Yahweh hates,

and seven things are abominations of his soul:

KJV 1900King James Version

These six things doth the Lord hate:

Yea, seven are an abomination unto him: