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Foolsאֱוִלִיםmockיָלִיץat guilt,אָשָׁםbut amongוּבֵיןthe uprightיְשָׁרִיםthere is favor.רָצוֹן
Proverbs 14:9
Study it in the app“Fools mock at guilt, but among the upright there is favor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:9, word by word
- Foolsאֱוִלִיםevilim
fool
A fool: one who will not learn or accept correction. It does not speak of a lack of intelligence but of an attitude toward life and toward God.
Where else “evilim” appears- mockיָלִיץyalits
scoff
To laugh at what is serious with contempt; the scoffer rejects correction.
Where else “yalits” appears- at guiltאָשָׁםasham
guilt
What one owes for a wrong done.
Where else “asham” appears- the uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- there is favorרָצוֹןratson
favor
The goodwill with which one looks on another.
Where else “ratson” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of the first line can also be understood: “Guilt mocks fools.”
The context
8The wisdom of the shrewd is to understand his way, but the folly of the senseless is deceit.
9 · This verse (above)
10The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, and in its joy no stranger shares.